A vivid portrait of life in a small Nevada mining town.
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Verse 1
I'm not going to listen to them anyway
I'm not going to run out and do what they say today
You see I can't even hear my own heart
Though I feel it beating rather loud
I cannot hear it for the crowd
Verse 2
I'm living in Tonopah
It's not far from Las Vegas
I'm singing at a local bar
On Tuesdays and Thursdays
Came here to take care of my sick pa
And close out his business
Chorus
But it's blue as far as you can see
Right smack dab in the middle of,
Right in the heart of the Big Empty
Verse 3
I'm living in Tonopah
It's an old mining camp town
We still got the mineshafts, they're still falling down
We got windows like holes in the ground
Four-wheel jeep drives, mountain view tops on every side
Bridge
The twinkle of a little star when the sky is still blue
Makes me feel so small to tell you the truth
Verse 4
I'm living in Tonopah it doesn't seem that far
Take the first Fernley exit and go straight on down to Wabuska
Everybody got to go to Wabuska
You got Mina, Luning, Walker Lake
Straight on down to Tonopah
Outro
I'm living in Tonopah, it don't really seem that far
You could come see me
I'm singing in a local bar, you could come hear me
I'm taking care of my sick pa
You could come meet me
Out in the middle of nowhere, five hundred miles
You drive all day, still feel like you're in the same place