Walking Papers 2

Red & White

The rain ricochets off the windshield

And He idles by the curb

Under his breath in a whisper

He repeats a single dirty word

He has to do a friend a favor

He made a promise he can’t keep

A cigarette burns between his fingers

Just in case he falls asleep

He says “I’ll take care if everything,”

“But I can’t ask you to marry me if I can’t afford the ring.”

The road ahead is red & white

Strung out forever like Christmas lights

I should change my ways ‘cause I know it ain’t right

I should turn around but I drive all night

The interstate became a canvas

It turned him into someone else

He argued with his own existence

But he can’t convince himself

He won’t take no for answer

But it’s the only one he’ll get

He wants to leave the past behind him

But it ain’t done with him yet

He says “I’ll take care of everything”

“But I can’t ask you to marry me if I can’t afford the ring”

The road ahead is red & white

Strung out forever like Christmas lights

I should change my ways ‘cause I know it ain’t right

I should turn around but I drive all night

 

There is no one without the other

You can run forever but the past is never far behind

Standing in between two mirrors

I crossed my heart

I crossed my fingers

I crossed the line

The road ahead is red & white

Strung out forever like Christmas lights

I should change my ways ‘cause I know it ain’t right

I should turn around but I drive all night