Rodney Parker - Just the Sounds Lyrics

It's a long way to Sante Fe,
I stay awake on a hundred coffee sips,
And I've tried to keep tight lips.
But I had a telephone,
The rest is gone and I guess I'm to blame,
But don't you ever call my name?
Why can't we talk the same?

And you were sleepin' in the afternoon,
It must've been a full moon late last night,
On a blanket that was mine.
And if what goes comes back around,
You've got it comin' now and I hope some day
That you'll be done this way.
Then you'll call my name.

But I have said some things
And I have pled my case
And I have cursed your name out loud.
But those are just the sounds
Of a man who is doing all he can,
Just the sounds
Of a man who is doing all he can.
Unleash the hounds!
'Cause it's down and out from here,
But there ain't nothing left but the sounds.

And they all said, 'Pick yourself up, kid.
You can replay the things you did
But then let her go.
It's gonna take some time, you know.'
But ask me if I still see her face
And ask me if I still wait for her to change her mind,
What I've been doing with my time.
What's been runnin' through my mind.

And I will say some things
And I will plead my case
And I say that I'm fine now.
But those are just the sounds
Of a man who is doing all he can,
Just the sounds
Of a man who is doing all he can.
Unleash the hounds!
'Cause it's down and out from here,
And there ain't nothing left but the sounds.

So, I'm off to Santa Fe to hide in the night,
Under a neon light and in a far off town,
To work the night shift on a crowd.

And they might hear some things,
They'll hear me plead my case,
And they'll say, 'My, that boy sings loud.'
But those are just the sounds
Of a man who is doing all he can,
Just the sounds
Of a man who is doing all he can.
Unleash the hounds!
'Cause it's down and out from here,
And there ain't nothing left but the sounds.
Ah, but the sounds.
Ah, but the sounds.
Sounds.