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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Son Volt
Performer
Jay Farrar
Vocals
Jim Boquist
Background Vocals
Dave Boquist
Fiddle
M. Heidorn
Drums
Eric Heywood
Steel Drum
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jay Farrar
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Howie Weinberg
Mastering Engineer
Brian Paulson
Mixing Engineer
Brad Sarno
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When you find what matters is what you feel
It arrives and it disappears
Driving down sunny forty-four highway
There's a beach there known for cancer
Waiting to happen
[Verse 2]
When you're out across the county line
The new travels slower than a ten second buzz
But only you'll ever know
'Cause day by day it disappears
Only you'll ever know
[Verse 3]
And it's hard enough soaking up billboard signs
You scorch and drown alive, never knowing why
The levee gates are open wide
There's a cough in the water and it's running into town
[Verse 4]
Bright eyes, don't change, stay the same
There must be an answer for what keeps it going on
But only you'll ever know
'Cause day by day it disappears
Only you'll ever know
Only you'll ever know
'Cause day by day it disappears
Only you'll ever know
Written by: Jay Farrar