Text: Gillian Welch. Lowlands.

Saw a girl on the street from my home
Like a fire on a hillside, she shone
And I knew right then that my best days were gone
And I'd been in the Lowlands too long

Oh I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I know, I know that I should go
And I've been in the Lowlands too long

This is not how it was at the start
There's a doubt and a blame in my heart
And it's no-one else, no fault but my own
I've been in the Lowlands too long

Oh I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I know, I know that I should go
And I've been in the Lowlands too long

What is this weight on my mind?
And what is this new sense of time?
It's the open fields and the friends that are gone
I've been in the Lowlands too long

Can sing out.. city song
I can do nothing all the day long
But I can't do right and I know I'm wrong
I've been in the Lowlands too long

Oh I've been in the Lowlands too long
Oh I know, I know that I should go
And I've been in the Lowlands too long