Louise has a man who loves her so bad
He'll never let her go
And to make her stay he locks all the doors
And disconnects the telephone

He was kind to look at but not gentle at heart
And he knew how he'd won her hand
And the thought of the same thing
Happening to him
Was eating slowly within

And he'd say

I've never seen a pearl without
there being a mother cloud
Rocks on forgotten roads stretching to the sunset
In the dry grass was I ever there
But I feel my spirit hanging in the air

When the cold night freezes all the stars
and the tired wind moans around the back hills
I was once apart of a great escape
I can't believe I was ever there