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Song Info
Genre
Charts
#12,646 today
Peak #113
#2,140 in subgenre
Peak #23
Author
jaik willis
Rights
2003
Uploaded
November 30, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 3:13
Story behind the song
Leaving Vancouver was about a girl from Normal IL that I fell madly in love with and chased pointlessly for 6 years. While i was out touring she decided to move to China so i tried to catch her at her layover in Canada as a suprise, but I couldn't get through customs so i paged her on the airport intercom and drove back to the US, mailed her that song when i got it part way recorded. we are friends still, she moved to Thailand eventually.
Lyrics
I’m Leaving Vancouver
Grass is green cause the sky is grey and when the
Cops on the border
Ask me why I came over
I don’t know what I’ll say
I’ll say I’m learning to love the traveling
half as much as I hate the leaving
I’m looking into my right eye in the rearview
Looking towards you
Left arm’s tanning on the wheel
Feeling sealed behind a windshield
My left eye’s hunting for deer
and police
like they’re lurking in the shadows
coming to clean me off the streets
Now it’s dark and all I see
Are headlights in front of me
And stars peeking through the trees
Twinkling like airplanes
Taking you to Beijing
I think I drove for 1000 miles just to say goodbye
I … didn’t even get to see you
Well, I guess who likes goodbye ?
It was worth a try.
Remember when I said I loved you
You were drunk and looking confused
I thought ‘in love’ was a forever thing
But you’re not the same you and I’m not the same me
It’s a good thing my friend
Now it’s dark and all I see
Are headlights in front of me
And stars peeking through the trees
Twinkling like airplanes
Taking you to Beijing
