the skies are taller in louisiana the skies are wider in new mexico the skies in texas kinda split the difference they don t suit me no matter where i go i ain t got a place i ain t got a place in this world i ain t got a place i ain t got a place in this world i know rivers run east out of west virginia rivers run west down in tennessee a river runs north out of south dakota none of that makes a damn to me i ain t got a place i ain t got a place in this world i ain t got a place i ain t got a place in this world i know you ask me where i m comin from i m not sure i can say you ask me where i m headed i ll just grin don t ask too many questions an i ll be comin back to stay you know not to ask me where i ve been i m lookin up at a constellation lookin down at the frozen ground lookin out for all my interests lookin in just brings me down  i ain t got a place i ain t got a place in this world i ain t got a place i ain t got a place in this world you know i ain t got a place i ain t got a place in this world i ain t got a place i ain t got a place in this world i know