Shirley Road Shirley

Didn’t I tell you that it’s lonely out there?
Didn’t I lie so much and pretty darn well?
It’s not that I don’t trust you, but I have to check for myself
I have to tape all the windows when the wind gets rough
God had a plan for what happened to me
Knowing that I’m waiting here to see
If things might still turn out alright finally
Maybe I’ll ruin all the good in my life
Holding you against me like a slide to the light
I’m resting my head on the passenger glass
I’m rolling on the ground to scratch an unreachable back
God had a plan for what happened for us
Knowing the hairs on our arms and the dust
Collecting on unused glasses and cups
I can see the change it made in your face:
The slow dissolve from black to gray
The weird delay between
The things you think and the things you say
You’re petering out, I’m petered away
I just want to lay down with you
I won’t try anything, I swear
You won’t even know I’m there
I’m not taking my chances, so I’m counting out loud
Nothing worse than missing simple trees going by
Every new day is hard in a very new way
Every good day is good in its very own way
Shirley Road Shirley you treated me fine
Counting the hundreds of faded white lines
I’m silent and green like a blank highway sign
Suddenly you smell like winter apples
And the same ways that
Make you ripe will make you decay
And I can hear the worry in your voice
The quiet blame you point away
The hidden name beneath
The things you think and the things you say
They’re petering out and you will remain
I just want to lay down with you
I won’t try anything, I swear
You won’t even know I’m there