The Speed Of Soul-Carrie Newcomer

[ti:The Speed Of Soul] [ar:Carrie Newcomer] [al:Kindred Spirits: A Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.37]The Speed Of Soul - Carrie Newcomer [00:01.65]Written by：Carrie Newc [00:02.44] [00:15.66]I found her sleeping in a Kansas truck stop [00:19.84] [00:21.98]In the corner booth [00:23.35] [00:25.67]She'd been waiting there for months [00:28.82]And that's the truth [00:29.88] [00:32.28]She looked at me with wary eyes [00:35.68] [00:37.65]She'd heard all my lies [00:39.37] [00:41.71]She was not surprised [00:43.25] [00:43.93]She only looked at me [00:45.86] [00:46.76]And shook her head [00:48.05]Come back come home [00:50.74] [00:52.06]I'm gathering the crumbs and the stones [00:55.75]Been traveling faster than my soul can go [01:01.08] [01:07.44]One subject line one click away [01:10.25] [01:12.81]But at the end of the day [01:14.56] [01:16.59]I couldn't even say [01:18.15] [01:18.71]The things that I had done [01:20.91] [01:22.86]So I spent the morning sweeping floors [01:26.74] [01:28.86]I didn't want much more [01:30.41] [01:32.77]Than to do just one thing at a time [01:36.00] [01:38.00]And call it mine [01:38.91] [01:39.48]Come back come home [01:41.89] [01:43.27]I'm gathering the crumbs and the stones [01:46.90]Been traveling faster than my soul can go [01:52.05] [02:07.93]Before songs were grooves and lines [02:11.13] [02:11.82]Caught in jars like fireflies [02:14.54] [02:15.52]The only place a song was held [02:18.66] [02:19.50]Soft or razor sharp [02:21.39] [02:22.20]Was is in the heart [02:23.30] [02:26.23]Mr Gatling made a Gatling gun [02:29.85] [02:32.10]He said it would end war [02:33.61] [02:36.21]Who could send some mother's son through such a door [02:40.24] [02:42.81]But the bullets move at the speed of cold [02:45.97] [02:48.21]Drones do as they're told [02:49.67] [02:52.16]And the men go home at night and kiss the wife [02:56.48] [02:58.84]And watch TV [02:59.72] [03:02.60]And never see all those souls untethered floating out to sea [03:10.10]Come back come home [03:12.28] [03:13.92]We're gathering the crumbs and the stones [03:17.49]Been traveling faster than our souls can go [03:22.94] [03:28.82]Come back come home [03:31.29] [03:32.86]We're gathering the crumbs and the stones [03:35.91] [03:36.56]Been traveling faster than our souls can go [03:41.87] [03:46.35]Faster than our souls can go [03:49.13] [03:52.95]Faster than our souls can go