Saint Mary Of The Woods

[Verse 1] Where're you goin' with your head hung down? Papers blowin' through the streets of town They've already taken all of your posters down Didn't take 'em long once the orders came down [Verse 2] Sunrise off the lake shinin' in your eyes Shinin' on the wasted and the wise And all you hear ringin' in your ears are boldfaced lies That scream like the gulls in that smoke-stained amber sky [Chorus] Fly back to the nest if it helps at all Saint Mary of the Woods in the early fall Leaves are turnin' on the Wabash now and the children sing for you They sing a song of your dreams come true [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Where you goin', brandy on your breath? Bottle's open, spilled across the desk Snifter's broken, smashed against the wall Just the way your standin' says it all [Verse 4] You hung the sign out: "Please do not disturb" Driver's waiting out front on the curb Write it off as one more half-sold show If they’ve already seen your best they can do without the rest, don't you know? [Chorus] Fly back to the nest if it helps at all Saint Mary of the Woods in the early fall Leaves are turnin' on the Wabash now and the children sing for you They sing a song of your dreams come true