Packed up my piano, and a suitcase full of clothes
and went looking for some better place to hide
Ride across the border, in a broken down Sedan
with a bottle and a rifle on my mind
On and on and on and on the miles stretch for hours
the radio keeps spitting out the tune
Every other song is just another tired rhythm
another tired lovers tune
It's a long long way back to Nashville
where I come from, where I've been
It's a long long way back to Nashville
but I promise I will see you again
Through the ice and fog this morning the sun is coming up
I'm standing on the shores of the Hudson bay
Over glass fired violet, silence, silence
calling up the day
And every man is an island, an island
in his own special way
there's a white ghost out on the water, the water
with one good song and nothing else to say
It's a long long way back to Nashville
where I come from, where I've been
It's a long long way back to Nashville
but I promise I will see you again
In heaven