Burl Ives - The Ballad of Thunderhead

I need a new way to express myself
So you don't need to guess
What otherwise I'd say aloud
And watch it float just like a cloud

High up above you like a thunderhead
But you would just look down instead
And wait 'til foggy skies abate
And vapor clouds all dissipate

And when with them all my words for you
Have softly sublimated too
And you'll just hope that I've moved on
So you'll look up and find me gone I can still feel
The strongest hurt I've had
I was driving
An escape route I'd set up
Along highway nine
I was passing through Dillon
When the crunching of metal
Bit down all around me
Coming to a close in my chest
And I looked at you dying
Where you had me all cornered
Seven feet tall, meeting me at a rest
I left the scene unscratched
I left a million selves behind
And at the wheel sat only a coward
Who took his easy route
And found his way to hide
It's a big world, I'm telling ya old man
And I hate that every day
I stray further inside
Well, I try to run away from being afraid of
What I'd go through if you died
So, I took to the mountains
To get out while I had time
I never was there
I'd never been there
All I left with you was my pride
Now I'd burn down this town
Just to have you around
We could get you on out for a ride
Maybe head down to Dillon
Have a look at the moose
Get a couple more hours by your side
Weren't you just alone?
I've been in a hurry now
Won't give myself up just yet
Won't, give myself up just yet
I knew something was wrong
I've been feeling dirtied down
Won't sell myself short just yet