Wichita Revival Outtake by Gillian Welch Lyrics

[Verse 1]
She went back to Wichita
She went back to her ma and pa
Reckon I saw her next to my truck
Pumping gas with the car packed up

[Verse 2]
We talked as neighbors will
There waiting for the tanks to fill
We talked about nothing
How it might snow
How far she had to go

[Chorus]
Going back where the grass grows tall
And the fields burn in the fall
You can still hear the night birds call
Back in Wichita

[Verse 3]
She came in '85
She came here as a July bride
But it never got easy
Never got rich
Ain't got much but what she came here with
[Verse 4]
Good times have all been spent
She ain't broken but she's badly bent
There's nothing she wants here
Nothing that shines
She's made up her mind

[Chorus]
Going back where the grass grows tall
And the fields burn in the fall
You can still hear the night birds call
Back in Wichita

[Bridge]
She says for all my time
Well I ain't got much to show
You can tell that man of mine and anyone who wants to know

[Chorus]
Going back where the grass grows tall
And the fields burn in the fall
You can still hear the night birds call
Back in Wichita