Hi-livin' is where you find yourself
when all the cards you've dealt
have found their way into your hand
and left a rented lot
just where you thought
your own would stand
After all, you picked a tiny life
Fits small (to spite your height)
But love is best caught dumb
and poorly dressed
Three trains come,
take you to the West
Don'tcha tell me why she lives so far
(You know those one-train girls
never made you who you are)
Don'tcha tell me why she lives so far
You lent me hours
‘til I sent for all your days
I didn't spend them—
tucked them all away and left
the clock to clack its gears
Tick/tock: I've packed
for ten whole years
What shows?
What shows?
What sho-ho-oh-oh-ohs
but a too-fat bag
that doesn't close
and it's something that I just won't drag
behind me when I go
Hi-livin' is where you find yourself
when all the cards you've dealt
have found their way into your hand
and left a rented lot
just where you thought
your own would stand
Li-livin' is where you find yourself