Ramey - Parker Lee Lyrics

On the street he sees the signs all flashin' red
And the streets are dry but the people stream ahead
All those strangers think Virginia is for lovers
But the lovers know the game
But that ain't Parker Lee

When the lights go out he leaves off all his talking
Tries to lay down still and listen to the sounds
His bag is always packed and in his mind he carries
Memories around
But that ain't Parker Lee

His home was where the willows sighed in summer
The fields were green like the green that's in your mind
His mother and his father both said please
He said he had to go
Goodbye Parker Lee

Every day he walks a little farther west
Every night he sleeps a little less it seems
He could retrace his steps if everywhere he rests
He left something behind
But that ain't Parker Lee

Someone told me that they met him one December
When the ground was hard and the sky was a frozen white
They asked him why he's walking and he told them
And I don't know why

He said he heard a sound come from the sky in Virginia
Like a singing in the stars and a door flung wide
And when the thunder spoke his heart it broke in pieces
And he was satisfied
Said he had to leave
Goodbye Parker Lee

If you see him on the highway and you listen
You can hear the song he sings in a broken whine
Under stars and under skies of fire that glisten
Sweet chariot on time
Goodbye Parker Lee
Goodbye Parker Lee
Goodbye Parker Lee