The Power Lines Lyrics by Nanci Griffith
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Nobody seems to care about you
With your tool case by the roadside
There beneath the power lines
Or the pallor of your skin
Paled beneath fluorescent lights
In a Greyhound station's cruel midnight
Where you can't afford the ride

Oh, the power lines
They go from sea to sea
They carry voices
Love from him to me
The power lines you fall beneath
Are the rainbows you can't climb
And you will not climb the power lines
'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines

There's no place that you haven't been
And no place that you call your home
There's no place that you cannot go
With the gift within your hands
And the tools to build another's dream
That connects them to the power lines
You do not feel you need

Oh, the power lines
They go from sea to sea
They carry voices
Love from him to me
The power lines you fall beneath
Are the rainbows you can't climb
And you will not climb the power lines
'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines

Oh, the power lines
They go from sea to sea
They carry voices
Love from him to me
The power lines you fall beneath
Are the rainbows you can't climb
And you will not climb the power lines
'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines
Nobody seems to care about you   With your tool case by the roadside   There beneath the power lines   Or the pallor of your skin   Paled beneath fluorescent lights   In a Greyhound station's cruel midnight   Where you can't afford the ride      Oh, the power lines   They go from sea to sea   They carry voices   Love from him to me   The power lines you fall beneath   Are the rainbows you can't climb   And you will not climb the power lines   'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines      There's no place that you haven't been   And no place that you call your home   There's no place that you cannot go   With the gift within your hands   And the tools to build another's dream   That connects them to the power lines   You do not feel you need      Oh, the power lines   They go from sea to sea   They carry voices   Love from him to me   The power lines you fall beneath   Are the rainbows you can't climb   And you will not climb the power lines   'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines      Oh, the power lines   They go from sea to sea   They carry voices   Love from him to me   The power lines you fall beneath   Are the rainbows you can't climb   And you will not climb the power lines   'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines