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So long Maggie
I'm going back to Indiana

I got people there that care about me
No I'm lying, never had no family
A circus bum's all I'll ever be
Never been to Indiana
But I fell in love with a pony ride girl
Round and round her little ponies twirl
Sparkling eyes and curly curls
She went back to Indiana

Always dreamed I'd find her there
Buy some ribbons for her hair
She married a clergyman I hear
The Holy Ghost of Indiana

But this road is dark at night
When you've only got one headlight
And you've lost your appetite
For idle dreaming
Nailing posters up on creosote poles
Jerked awake, running off the road
Don't ask for whom the bell tolls
It tolls for me, Indiana

Broken glass, pieces of a heart
Tin cans in a shopping cart
Outside Shorty's Supermart
Out in Texarkana
Shorty told me
Dreaming dreams is like chewing gum
Chew too long it all turns to stone
Spit it out boy, go on home
Or catch a train to Indiana

And this road is dark at night
When you've only got one headlight
You've lost your appetite
For idle dreaming
Nailing posters up on creosote poles
Jerked awake, running off the road
Don't ask for whom the bell tolls
It tolls for me, Indiana

Darkness visible
Rain clouds audible
So long Maggie
I'm going back to Indiana