we could sit beneath the evening and let the day turn blue i could never let the darkness replace the thought of you c mon darling let s catch that train to wherever we call god maybe it s in massachusettes or maybe not it s just you and i it s just you and i my dear just you and i it s just you and i let s keep our boots pointed west stay left of the police i know you re like a freight train to escape your family you ve got a father who has done you wrong and a mother who doesn t care get your backbone up my darling let down your hair it s just you and i it s just you and i my dear just you and i it s just you and i when all the world turns into hospitals and jails i can always count on your love to be my bail and we ll go traveling on from year to year just you and i my dear i ve got my backpack full of fourteen cartons of cigarettes cigarettes i ve got a bumper sticker on my chest that says no regrets no regrets i ve got your love draped all around me like a big black cape a big black cape all the billboards on the highway say don t be late don t be late it s just you and i it s just you and i when all the world turns into hospitals and jails i can always count on your love to be my bail we ll go traveling on from year to year just you and i my dear well i woke up in the middle of the kitchen floor i was listening for your knocking but you weren t outside my door and i know that you won t be coming round in the way i want you to i wish you d throw your arms around me but it s not for me it s not for me it ll be just me it ll be just me and i know i never told you how i felt but you could never understand the blues that you have dealt me so i ll keep traveling on from year to year it ll be just me my dear it ll be just me my dear same thing year after year it ll be just me my dear