One Headlight
So long ago, I don’t remember when
That’s when they say I lost my only friend
But they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
As I listened through the cemetery trees
I seen the sun coming up at the funeral at dawn
The long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste. She always had a pretty face
So I wondered how she hung around this place
Chorus:
Hey, come on try a little. Nothing is forever
There’s got to be something better than in the middle
Me & Cinderella, we put it all together
We can drive it home with one headlight
She said it’s cold. It feels like Independence Day
And I can’t break away from this parade
But there’s got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
And I seen the sign up ahead at the county line bridge
Saying all that is good and nothingness is dead
We’ll run until she’s out of breath. She ran until there’s nothing left
She hit the end. It’s just her window ledge
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Well this place is old. It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn’t turn
Well it smells of cheaper wine, cigarettes. This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I’d like to watch it burn
I’m so alone, and I feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain’t changed, but I know I ain’t the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dying dreams
I think her death. It must be killing me
(chorus)