Goin' Back to Moline

Patti Witten - Goin' Back to Moline

Inspired by Robert Clark's novel Mr. White's Confession

Listen to the Track:

Lyrics:
I’m going back to Moline like I told you
Back where the sky is blue and the flowers dance
If this house and these arms cannot hold you
Then a broken heart hasn’t got a chance

I fell in love straight away when I first saw you
My heart nearly jumped out of my skin
When I heard what some other girl called you
I didn’t care what kind of trouble she was in

I'm goin' back to Moline
Goin back to Moline
Tomorrow today will just be a dream
Goin back to Moline
Goin back to Moline

On the first night you threw little stones at my window
On the next night I waited for you in the barn
On the third night I knew I would follow
This longing straight into your arms

We walked all the way across DeKalb county
Past Sterling, Rochelle and Sycamore
The weeks go by clean, I stopped counting
I can tell you'll be gone before the baby's born

It came to no good just like she told me
I’ll return with my shame in my shawl
But one look and those strong arms will enfold me
Mama's hard but she understands it all

I'm goin' back to Moline
Goin back to Moline
Goin back to Moline
Tomorrow today will just be a dream
Goin back to Moline
Goin back to Moline

© Patti Witten