Fled Without Finding

{fingerpicked acoustic guitar entry,

warm

and intimate} {soft, nostalgic pedal steel swell} I’m just an American boy

She was an American girl

I don’t know how it started But it ended in a whirl

{vocal sits forward and intimate} (hmmmmm)

It ended so quickly

Now I don’t want it to happen again

So I fled the country

Chasing the wind, chasing a friend {soaring vocal dynamic shift,

building instrumentation} I hopped and I hopped across the sea

From town to town,

just trying to be free

But I couldn’t find happiness

In any land that

beckoned me

{sober, reflective delivery,

stripping back the drums} It ended so quickly

Now I don’t want it to happen again

So I

fled the country

Chasing the wind, chasing a friend {full folk-rock band climax,

passionate delivery} No happiness,

no peace of mind

Leaving everything behind... {instrumental fade-out} {acoustic guitar slowly plucking to silence}