He said, ‘is it raining where you are?’
And she knew he was calling from his car.
There was all kinds of static on the line,
and she wondered how far he’d gone this time.
Her heart swings open like a banging door.
She says, ‘I can’t do this anymore.
I’ll dry up and disappear,
if you don’t get me out of here.’
This used to be the Promised Land;
holding hands on the Road to Notown.
He said, ‘I’m doing all I can.’
(The words of every married man)
What started out so full of hope,
is now the wrong end of the telescope.
This used to be the Promised Land;
here we stand on the Road to Notown.
Now the factories are all gone,
to eastern Europe or Taiwan.
She says she’s barely holding on
to who she was -
heartache is as heartache does.
She tells him she’s too tired to shout,
but the signal’s cutting in and out:
‘Me and my sisters, we made all kinds of plans.
Next thing you know, we’re all pushing prams.’
This used to be the Promised Land;
Hold my hand on the Road to Notown.
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