Lyrics
[verse]
Another suitcase waiting by another rented door,
Another city promising what the last one swore.
He watches from the window as the morning traffic crawls,
Wondering if this town is different from them all.
[verse]
He plays his horn on weekends in a bar that's always half-empty,
Dreams about a farmhouse somewhere far from all this plenty.
But every Monday morning finds him back behind the glass,
Watching all the strangers as another week goes past.
[chorus]
Winding down the avenue, when the morning's turning gray,
He's still trying to find a reason to stay.
Winding down the avenue, watching strangers pass him by,
Wondering if the quiet countryside's a lie.
[verse]
Someday he'll pack the suitcase for the final time and go,
Find the little farmhouse buried under drifting snow.
But tonight he's just another shadow on the avenue,
Playing out a melody that nobody ever knew.
[chorus]
Winding down the avenue, when the morning's turning gray,
He's still trying to find a reason to stay.
Winding down the avenue, watching strangers pass him by,
Wondering if the quiet countryside's a lie.
[bridge]
(instrumental — saxophone solo, atmospheric and wandering)