Everybody Warned Me

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, I can't turn around and I can't go back When the snows come down here in Cadillac And it's so many miles up to Marquette And the night is coming but it hasn't fallen yet And I know you need me but you just forget [Chorus] I wish you loved me, I wish you did Everybody warned me, "Look out, kid" [Verse 2] Watch the waitress lean against the Frigidaire The only past I've got is written down somewhere She argues with the cook and I agree I'm just sitting at the counter dreaming of Italy And counting all the friends who claim they don't know me, oh [Chorus] Nothing lasts though I wish it did Everybody warned me, "Look out, kid" [Verse 3] In the railroad flats they talk in tongues And nobody breathes 'til his song is sung You can look around but there's nothing here to steal Take a look in the mirror and tell me how I feel Coughing up blood in a Motel 6, thinking this time it's for real [Chorus] I wish you knew me like the desk clerk did When he tried to warn me, "Look out, kid" [Verse 4] This morning got stolen by the paper boy As the wind blew in from Illinois I just stayed in bed and waited for the chamber maid Thinking maybe I could talk her into a trade My job for hers, long as we both get paid [Chorus] I wish you heard me, I wish you did When she tried to warn me, "Look out, kid" [Verse 5] In the rolling snow each town's the same And I can get called by a hundred names And I ain't seen you since I can't remember when But I've got a French postcard and a German pen Finally send you all the words to "You Win Again" [Chorus] So you can sing it just like Hank did Sign right here and look out, kid