Mason Jennings - Hospitals And Jails lyrics

We could sit beneath the evening and let the day turn blue

I could never let the darkness replace the thought of you

C'mon darling let's catch that train to wherever we call God

Maybe it's in Massachusets, or maybe not

It's just you and I

It's just you and I, my dear

Just you and I

It's just you and I

Let's keep our boots pointed west, stay left of the police

I know you're like a freight train to escape your family

You've got a father who has done you wrong and a mother who doesn't care

Get your backbone up my darling, let down your hair

It's just you and I

It's just you and I, my dear

Just you and I

It's just you and I

And all the mountains turn into hospitals and jails

But I can always count on your love to be my bail

So we go traveling on from year to year

Just you and I, my dear

I've got my backpack full of fourteen cartons

Of cigarettes, cigarettes

I've got a bumper sticker on my chest that says

No regrets, no regrets

I got your love draped all around me like

A big black cape, a big black cape

All the billboards on the highway say

Don't be late, don't be late

It's just you and I

It's just you and I

When all the world turns into hospitals and jails

I can always count on your love to be my bail

We'll go traveling on from year to year

Just you and I, my dear

Well I woke up in the middle of the kitchen floor

I was listening for your knocking

But you weren't outside my door

And I know that you won't be coming 'round

In the way I want you to

I wish you'd throw your arms around me

But it's not for me

It's not for me

It'll be just me

It'll be just me

And I know I never told you how I felt

But you could never understand the blues that you have dealt me

So I keep traveling on from year to year

It'll be just me, my dear

It'll be just me, my dear

Same thing year after year

It'll be just me, my dear