Amarillo Sleeps on My Pillow

By Fair to Midland

On Arrows & Anchors

Released on May 19, 2011

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[Intro]

(Oh, o-oh, oh)

(Oh, o-oh, oh)

Oh, o-oh, oh


[Verse 1]

Stay close if you wanna keep up

But don't dare turn around

Go ahead, find a bull's-eye, my friend

But know you're gonna get the horn

A yellow belly's never havin' the guts

But god, how he gets the glory

The West was won from a cheater with a gun

And I hope he never lives it down


[Interlude]

Yeah, yea-yeah, yeah

Yeah, yea-yeah, yeah


[Verse 2]

Minced words from anonymous cowards

Fell down from kingdom come

The threatened source of this obstacle course

Had us cornered in a guessing game

Every attempt turn a kettle of fish

And loves makin' its waves

If I had to guess, he's still makin' a mess

Worse than any thunderstorm


[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, o-oh, oh

Oh, o-oh, oh


[Chorus]

No one turned over leaves, no one's branchin' out

No one went on a limb when he belted out

"Get gone"

Someone looked for a clue, someone got the axe

Someone yelled in the wake of the great collapse

"Get gone"


[Verse 3]

Let's stall like a Neanderthal

That can't make up its mind

And not sure if we've heard it before

Broken records wanna make a case

The croppers came and were spinnin' a yarn

Our ears still opened up

If failed attempts were a lottery ticket

You can bet I'd be rakin' it in


[Chorus]

No one turned over leaves, no one's branchin' out

No one went on a limb when he belted out

"Get gone"

Someone looked for a clue, someone got the axe

Someone yelled in the wake of the great collapse

"Get gone"


[Bridge]

Oh (o-oh, oh)

"Get gone," he said

Oh (o-oh, oh)

"Get gone," he said

Oh (o-oh, oh)

"Get gone," he said

Oh (o-oh, oh)

"Get gone"


[Chorus]

No one turned over leaves, no one's branchin' out

No one went on a limb when he belted out

"Get gone"

Someone looked for a clue, someone got the axe

Someone yelled in the wake of the great collapse

"Get gone"


[Outro]

Yeah, yea-yeah, yeah

Yeah, yea-yeah, yeah