Wade Hayes – Up North

(Danny Wells/Jill Wood)

In spite of the name, Independence, Kansas

Didn’t grow many wild roses

But she was young and restless

And I loved her though holding her down was hopeless

I wanted her to say she couldn’t live without

The life I had to offer but all she could talk about

Was faraway dreams, cities she’d never seen

How do I find that girl when she could be

Out there anywhere she just up and left

She didn’t leave a forwarding address

Or a trail for my lonely heart to follow

Which one of those four winds should I go chasing

She could be in a million places I guess

Up north, down south, back east, out west

She could be up in the Windy City

Where the world spins a little bit faster

Or gettin’ a tan down in Miami that might be where I’d catch her

Maybe back in Virginia, her cousin lives there

Out in Arizona, she’d fit in anywhere

It’s anyone’s guess where she came to rest

My one chance for happiness is

Out there anywhere she just up and left

She didn’t leave a forwarding address

Or a trail for my lonely heart to follow

Which one of those four winds should I go chasing

She could be in a million places I guess

Up north, down south, back east, out west

I’m sitting here at a four-way intersection

Praying Lord won’t you point me in the right direction

She could be

Out there anywhere she just up and left

She didn’t leave a forwarding address

Or a trail for my lonely heart to follow

Which one of those four winds should I go chasing

She could be in a million places I guess

Up north, down south, back east, out west

Up north, down south, back east, out west