You have watched the storm clouds roll
Past the lighthouse and the shore
Beyond the breakers they do go

Where they´ll end up I don´t know
And when this weather finally breaks
I wanna feel the sun upon my face

Although many things will change
That is one which stays the same


And all the tears I've cried
If I can make it there, I'll see you on the other side
All I never learned

'Cause I'm a thousand miles from Atlanta
Beneath a thousand pounds of hurt


In this desert where I sleep
You wait for rain like it´s make believe
Where I'm from, the earth she bleeds

Dark red clay beneath my feet
And if I'm forced to travel on
And end up further from my home

To live forever here alone
Well I don´t think I´ll last this long


And all the tears I've cried
If I can make it there, I'll see you on the other side
And all I never learned

'Cause I'm a thousand miles from Atlanta
Beneath a thousand pounds of hurt


Seems this road just does not end
And I am dead to all my friends
If I could compromise or bend

Perhaps I might be born again
And as I wait for shooting stars
On a night that´s painful dark

I fall asleep in moving cars
When I wake up I won´t care where we are


And all the tears I've cried
If I can make it there, I'll see you on the other side
And all I never learned

'Cause I'm a thousand miles from Atlanta
Beneath a thousand pounds of hurt