The Great Divide Lyrics - Tim McGraw

1 She was reading a book that she'd already read just to pass the time

2 He just sat there and stared at the TV set like he was barely alive

3 When the local news was over they would climb the stairs

4 Crawl in bed underneath the covers like neither one was there

5 (Chorus)

6 And it's a long long way across the Great Divide

7 The songs that they once sang now echo far and wide

8 They could still get back all the love that they have lost

9 But only if they both will reach across

10 Cause it's a long long way to the other side of the Great Divide

11 He was up in the attic on the Fourth of July as they flew a flag in the yard

12 When he found some roses she had long ago dried before they drifted apart

13 How the years had slipped right by them he didn't understand

14 He carried a petal into the kitchen and he placed it in her hand

15 (Repeat Chorus)