A Song While Youre Away

E A E Up in your nephew's room, playing on his cousin's guitar I wrote a song for you E A E You have done drove off everything I need, my box and my tumbleweed F#m A Bm7 I picked it up on the way to flagstaff years ago F#m A Bm7 I was hanging on to everything you had the grace to show E F#m A E You were young and you were hungry, Lord knows I was hungry too E F#m A E We were both flat out starving for something worth while to lose E F#m A E You were my bread I was your honey, up against a dark red wine E F#m A E Trying to hold on to the lovely, through the bitter of hard times E A E Looking over the hill at the lights of your hometown I wrote a song for you E A E Thinking of the way we met, a girl home from school and a boy just passing through F#m A Bm7 I got a job as a cutman at a house just down the road F#m A Bm7 I'd never been to town before and I didnt know a soul E F#m A E I was young and I was hungry, Lord knows you were hungry too E F#m A E We were both flat out starving for something worth while to lose E F#m A E You were my bread I was your honey, up against a dark red wine E F#m A E Trying to hold on to the lovely, through the bitter of hard times F#m A Bm7 Agate white wedding dress, turquoise on your ring F#m A Bm7 Upright bass and violin as you walked the aisle to me E F#m A E I was young and I was hungry, Lord knows you were hungry too E F#m A E We were both flat out starving for something worth while to lose E F#m A E You were my bread I was your honey, up against a dark red wine E F#m A E Trying to hold on to the lovely, through the bitter of hard times