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Produced By: Michael Waid
Recorded at BGM Studio-Bill Green
Recorded at Cherryridge Studio-Tommy Detamore
Mixed and mastered at Cherry Ridge Studio-Tommy Detamore

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Abilene

I am gazing at a billboard sign driving down the highway
I am looking for a road I should have taken long ago
She was going where I should have gone
Dreaming of a future on a dusty piece of land another world from here

chorus:
Abilene
The bluest eyes I ever seen
Abilene
Paradise in faded jeans
Hair like golden wheat
Kisses warm and sweet
Abilene

I was going to hit the big time
I was hungry for the limelight
I was wearing out my leather walking 16th avenue
Now I’m sleeping in my pickup truck
Washing plates to make a buck
and reading an old letter signed “wishing you were here”

chorus:

bridge:
I’ve got to get back to the girl I left behind
I need to hold her close and tell her that i want to make her mine

I can hear a voice calling like an echo in the early morning
Ringing through the telephone lines
Haunting my mind
And in that whisper of a voice I hear a message coming loud and clear
She’s leading me back home and I’m never going leave

chorus:

Words and Music: Michael Waid

credits

from The Door Is Wide Open, released March 1, 2014
Words and music: Michael Waid
Michael Waid: acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
Kevin Lewis: 5-string Fretless Bass
Jerrad Green: Drums
Julie Newberry: Percussion
Andy Langham: Piano
Jerry Blanton: Steel Guitar

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