Going to Boise

from Going to Boise by Josh Belville

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5am, the streets are all empty for the sunrise
i am packing quickly and quietly
the hallway's cold and silent
my new sneakers are heaven sent
masking the sound of the plan that i have devised

when i am gone, they will all wonder why they shunned me
wandering their pretty little home
i'm on my way to boise
canopied by the city of trees
i'm sure the bus ride there will be my clarity

city of boise, city of trees
i don't know why but the gem state needs me
city of boise, city of life
come wrap me up and take away my 20-year-old strife

this weird old man, he has been staring at me all day
in his beard are pieces of his lunch
i try to keep my head low
the music's in my earphones
i hope i'm not that strange when i'm old and gray

pre-chorus

i'm going to boise
i'm going to boise

the bus driver plays 'ghost and the darkness' on the tv screens
what a movie to watch when you're trying to sleep
and the day grows long and i'm still seated during hour fourteen
from the plains of kansas i take my leave

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5am, the streets are all empty for the sunrise
our bus lurches into the station
i've found my way to boise
canopied by the city of trees
the foothills here may be where my treasure lies

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from Going to Boise, released April 25, 2008

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