[Verse 1]
Thumbing through some magazines
Colored panoramic scenes of destinations
Underneath the Greyhound station sign
The world is changing all the time
Nothing ever changed inside of my apartment
Cept for faded walls and weathered carpet
[Chorus 1]
And Iâll be thirty-one with the rising of the sun
Thirty years is long enough to dream
St Abilene watch over me
Keep me safe, make me strong, help me see
May you keep me company when company I need
Watch over me St. Abilene
[Verse 2]
Iâve seen them come and Iâve seen them go
And all Iâve ever had to show for my existence
Are the fair-thee-wells and Iâll be missing youâs
But I donât think they really do
Fading out into the blue and white horizon
Must be nothing short of mystifying
[Chorus 2]
Iâll be thirty-one with the rising of the sun
Riding on the western bound machine
St. Abilene, watch over me
Keep me safe, make me strong, help me see
May you keep me company when company I need
St. Abilene. Watch over me, St. Abilene
