Rodney Crowell - Earthbound

I ^Gcould shed my skin and in the blink of an eye, I could ^Emfly, fly, fly ^GTie my dreams up in a sack and lay my head down on the track and ^Emdie, die, die ^CMy life's been so sweet I just ^Gcan't stand it I ^Bmmust admit, I've made out like a ^Dbandit ^Dsus4

Last ^Gnight's conversation with a real good friend of mine, drinkin' ^Emwine, wine, wine Said, "^GFifty years of livin' and your worst mistake's forgiven, just ^Emtake time, time, time" ^COne man's lust for life brings world re^Gknown And the ^Bmnext guy can't get two feet off the ^Dground, he's earth^Gbound

(Earth^Embound) Hear the wind throught the tops of the trees (Earth^Gbound) Summer sun nearly ninety degrees (Earth^Embound) Big ol' moon sinkin' down, think I might stick a^Dround ^{Dsus4 D Dsus4} I'm earth^Gbound

I ^Gknew love once way back when, she had almond eyes and olive skin and ^Emlong black hair She was ^GIrish Spanish mixbreed, I was southeast Texas hayseed, we were ^Emalmost there Her ^Cdaddy did not like my kind a^Ground And ^Bmtrue love took the next train out of ^Dtown, earth^Gbound

(Earth^Embound) Where there's fathers and daughters in pain (Earth^Gbound) Mama's boy walking home in the rain (Earth^Embound) Like a ship run aground think I might stick a^Dround ^{Dsus4 D Dsus4} I'm earth^Gbound

With ^Geach new day that passes, I'm in need of thicker glasses, but it's ^Emall okay Some^Gday I'll be leavin' but I just can't help believin' that ^Emit's not today, hey ^CEvery golden moment I have ^Gfound I've ^Bmdone my best to run right in the ^Dground, earth^Gbound

(Earth^Embound) See the sky big and beautiful blue (Earth^Gbound) Fallen angels come callin' for you (Earth^Embound) Keepin' close to the ground, think I might stick a^Dround ^{Dsus4 D Dsus4} (Earth^Embound) Tom Waits, Aretha Franklin, Mary Karr (Earth^Gbound) Walter Kronkite, Seamus Heaney, Ringo Starr (Earth^Embound) The Dalai Lama, Charlie Brown make me wanna stick a^Dround ^{Dsus4 D Dsus4} I'm earth^Gbound