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drivin' down a highway in southern arkansas
thinking 'how many miles on this road before you're gone?'
the sun is escaping me, but you're keeping pace
even though i'm at least a thousand miles from our place.

i look at all the sights, things i've never seen before
and all i can think is, 'how many days more?'
a beautiful lake, and i'm inspired by the view,
but all i wanna do is describe it to you

i thought, 'if i got away,
i might notice i was trapped,
but now the only place
i wanna go is back.'

and the miles aren't getting any shorter
there's still 24 hours in a day
and you're not getting any closer
and i'm counting down the miles on this long highway.

i spent years making plans to leave
only to find a hundred other people just like me
we're all standing around thinking we should all go home
take a little more vacation from our little time alone

i swear i wasn't like this i could go away for weeks
i could leave everything behind, never call, never blink
but i'm missing you now, and i think that's okay
what's happened to me? what's happened to me?

i wanted to escape
to get you out of my head
but here i am making room
for your absence in my bed

and the miles aren't getting any shorter
there's still 24 hours in a day
and you're not getting any closer
and i'm counting down the miles on this long highway.

they say to gather rosebuds while ye may
i've picked enough for a hundred bouquets
but time's not slowing down and i don't want it to slow down
if you're not gonna be around me

and the miles aren't getting any shorter
there's still 24 hours in a day
and you're not getting any closer
and i'm counting down the miles on this long highway.

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from Keep Your Secrets, released June 21, 2005
acoustic guitar: danny flanigan
electric guitar: tim krekel
accordion: brigid kaelin
drums: aaron montgomery
bass: jimmy brown

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A "plucky redhead," a "genre-defying vaudeville rocker," and an "amazing multi-instrumentalist," Brigid Kaelin is a full-on entertainer. You've read her blog, heard her on the BBC and on NPR's "A Prairie Home Companion," seen her play accordion with Elvis Costello, and laughed and cried at her original alt-country cabaret songs. Maybe it's time to buy her albums? ... more

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