My name looks unfamiliar on this barky marky sign And the love that I've been gettin' I can't really call it mine This blacktop ribbon winds me down an unforgivin' road When I think about my baby on the other side of home I say oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh, I gotta go I say oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh Hey, hey, hey, on my way 23 days gone by, why can't eagles fly Hey, hey, hey, love don't break 23 nights of blue carry me back to you Yeah Another song gets crippled on this napkin in my lap As we burn another circle on this god forsaken map The droaning of the engines and the moaning of the wheels It's a fortuneteller's melody, it's how you make me feel I say oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh, I gotta go I say oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh
Hey, hey, hey, on my way 23 days gone by why can't eagles fly Hey, hey, hey ,love don't break 23 nights of blue carry me back to you Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Yeah, Albuquerque's never felt colder One mile higher all the way to Boulder Okalahoma City always looks pretty 'Cause it's half way home Yeah, windshield wipers, broken white lines Lord, don't let me loose my mind 'Cause 23 days of Tennessee time And I'm back to you Ooooh, oh-oh-oh, oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah Hey, hey, hey, on my way 23 days gone by why can't eagles fly Hey, hey, hey, love don't break 23 nights of blue carry me back to you Whoa-oh, whoa-ooooh Whoa-oh, whoa-ooooh, oh Whoa-oh, whoa-ooooh Whoa-oh, whoa-ooooh, yeah