C F
It's midnight at a liquor store in Texas
C G
Closing time another day is done
C F
When a boy walked in the door and points a pistol
C G C
He can't find a job, but Lord, he's found a gun
C F
He pulls it off with no trace of confrontation
C G
That he lets the old man run out in the street
C F
Even though he knows they'll come with guns a blazing
C G C
Already he can feel that great relief
C Bb F
Oh, how many travelers get weary
C G
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
C Bb F
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
C G C
And fly like eagles out among the stars?
C F
He pictures the arrival of the cruisers
C G
Sees that old familiar anger in their eyes
C F
He knows that when they're shooting at this loser
C G C
They'll be aiming at the demons in their lives
C Bb F
Oh, how many travelers get weary
C G
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
C Bb F
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
C G C
And fly like eagles out among the stars?
C# F#
(Spoken) The evening news carried all the details
C# G#
He dies in every living room in town
C# F#
And in his own a bottle's thrown in anger
C# G# C#
And his father cries, he'll never live this down
C# B F#
(singing again) Oh, how many travelers get weary
C# G#
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
C# B F#
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
C# G# C#
And fly like eagles out among the stars?
C# G# F# F# C# C#
And fly like eagles out among the stars?
