Greene County

I came for the weed

Stayed for the weather

Darling I forgot we were together

Call up Ricki-Jean

She’ll raise these babies

You know Greene County’s no place for a lady

And while I hate to do this by phone

I’m never coming back home

I hate to do this by phone but I’m not coming home

Got a pile of debts to pay

This Northern sky’s always gray

While I’m out wandering you are in charge now

Spent a decade planting seeds

I got rows of uprooted trees

You leave the lights off when you’re at home now

And while I hate to do this by phone

I’m never coming back home

I hate to do this by phone but I’m not coming home

And while these words are hard to hear

It’s better than living in fear

I hate to leave you alone but I’m not coming home

You spend your lifetime planning for what you can’t see

I threw our last lucky penny into the sea

Sometimes a moment of wisdom falls from the sky

While you’re staring that hurricane right in the eye

I came for the weed

Stayed the weather

Darling I miss when we were together

And while I hate to do this by phone

I’m never coming back home

I hate to do this by phone but I’m not coming home

And while these words are hard to hear

It’s better than living in fear

I hate to leave you alone but I’m not coming home

I’m not coming home