Roads

Outside, the night is howling my name.
Telling me to say my goodnights and goodbyes,
Daughter,
Mother, oh so soft and delicious the sky looks.
On the otherside of town, the other woman looks so good...
wearing stained white, praying to wear red.

The valium kicks in as I punch in the ignition.
Throttle pulled tight to my leg.
Turn me on,
I'm supercharged with love.
Turn me on, I'm supercharged with love.

Breaking through the highway, blazing at excess speeds.
The alcohol burning brightly on my tongue belting Springsteen.
Flip the switch, I never saw it coming.
Flip the script, I never saw him coming.

Sirens hearken upon me, the deadman.
At the wheel, spitting back the glass
into what was the dashboard.
Oh Lord, I'm pulled away.
Oh Lord, fill the ditch.

Discard this tongue, it is what is burying me.
This misfit of the road sticking the fork into my drunken heart.
The buzz wearing off, but the blood keeps me from getting sober.

Such a terrible way to die, here tonight.
Howling my goodnights and goodbyes.
Dear Daughter, I wasn't careful.
Dear Mother, fear my memory.

I was one hard road to follow.
I was one hard road to survive.