Anything But Mine

State Motto: Iowa: We do amazing things with corn
Music: Kenny Chesney - Anything But Mine

This song makes me sad, but I still listen to it every time it comes on the radio or TV. I think I cried the first time I heard it...but that was only a few days after I'd returned home from Tennessee...

Walking along beneath the lights of that miracle mile

Me and Mary making our way into the night

You can hear the cries from the carnival rides, the pinball

bells, and the skee ball signs

Watching the summer sun fall out of sight



There's a warm wind coming in from off of the ocean

Making it's way past the hotel walls to fill the street

Mary is holding both of her shoes in her hand

Said she likes to feel the sand beneath her feet



And in the morning I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland

So tonight I hope that I will do just fine

And I don't see how you could ever be

Anything but mine



There's a local band playing at the seaside pavillion

And I got just enough cash to get us in

And as we are dancing, Mary's wrapping her arms around me

And I can feel the sting of summer on my skin



In the midst of the music

I tell her I love her

And we both laugh, cause we know it isn't true

Oh, but Mary, there's a summer drawing to an end tonight

And there's so much that I long to do to you



But in the morning I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland

So tonight I hope that I will do just fine

And I don't see how you could ever be

Anything but mine



And in the morning I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland

So tonight I hope that I will do just fine

And I don't see how you could ever be

Anything but mine



Mary, I don't see how you could ever be

Anything but mine