Red Molly - Wichita by Red Molly lyrics

GILLIAN WELCH Wichita She went back to Wichita She went back to her ma and pa Reckon I saw her next to my truck Pumping gas with the car packed up We talked as neighbors will There waiting for the tanks to fill We talked about nothing How it might snow How far she had to go Going back where the gra** grows tall And the fields burn in the fall You can still hear the night birds call Back in Wichita She came in '85 She came here as a July bride But it never got easy Never got rich Ain't got much but what she came here with Good times have all been spent She ain't broken but she's badly bent There's nothing she wants here Nothing that shines She's made up her mind She says for all my time Well I ain't got much to show You can tell that man of mine and anyone who wants to know Going back where the gra** grows tall And the fields burn in the fall You can still hear the night birds call Back in Wichita --- .