Ways Away Songtext
von Tyler Nance

Bovine hide and bloodshot eyes
5 o′clock comes early in the summertime
Four by fours, wearin' 505s
Sweatin′ out last night's silver bullets
Spittin' seeds and the wintergreen
We were drunk or asleep, no in-between
And my family tree′s got a legacy
Of tryna get ahead but we couldn′t
Sittin' here reminiscing when I shouldn′t

I'm a-ways away
And everything I ever knew ain′t the same
Staring in the rear-view mirror
The interstate's making me bitter
But daddy didn′t raise no quitter
I'm tryna make a name
Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane
Chasin' down something way bigger
Praying that Cumberland River
Don′t wash my Midwest ways away


Landlord′s been on my ass
Never spent this much on a tank of gas
Corn and beans shoot up real fast
But dreams don't grow in Barton

I′m a-ways away
And everything I ever knew ain't the same
Staring in the rear-view mirror
The interstate′s making me bitter
But daddy didn't raise no quitter
I′m tryna make a name
Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane
Chasin' down something way bigger
Praying that Cumberland River
Don't wash my Midwest ways away

Wish I could go home when the goin′ gets tough
Wish I knew then that I′d miss it this much
Only place I'm pushin′ daisies up
Why the hell did I leave where I wanna end up?
I'm a-ways away
Yeah, I′m a-ways away


I'm a-ways away
And everything I ever knew ain′t the same
Staring in the rear-view mirror
The interstate's making me bitter
But daddy didn't raise no quitter
I′m tryna make a name
Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane
Chasin′ down something way bigger
Praying that Cumberland River
Don't wash my Midwest ways away