| 7:30 AM, Alerted to life by a song on the radio
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| The evening is over
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| Another morning, another opportunity
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| To do something progressive prove that he’s worthy
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| Up and out the door by 9 O’clock
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| The sun is shining up and down the block
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| There’s children in the corner waiting for a bus
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| That will take them to school and exploit their trust
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| He starts the car, sparks with one crank
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| It’s those good ol' fashioned American mechanics
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| And even though he’d rather own a new import
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| It’s dependible and more important its all he can afford
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| Stops by the coffee shop to pick up some smokes and a cup of Joe
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| Back into the Ford with the windows rolled up
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| So when the radio rocks he can sing along freely
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| With the lights out it’s less dangerous
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| At the top of his lungs the words burst through shameless
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| Pushing that dream, trying to beat the time
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| Oh well whatever nevermind
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| Nothing else matters when your knifing through traffic
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| Wishing it was a stickshift, it’s an automatic
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| Listening to the road, voice of the nomad
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| How he’d love to leave drive away never go back
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| Wheels keep on turning, turning turning and turning
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| Alone is when he finally feels like a person
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| Light another Nat Sherman
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| Crack the window, feel the wind blow
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| Serenity tenfold
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| God bless whoever invented sunglasses
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| And while your at save the saints that work the fast food drive throughs
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| Objects are closer than they appear
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| Cuz when your by yourself there ain’t one else to lie to
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| Talk radio gets a lot of play in his vehicle
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| It teaches him topics to dicuss with real people
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| So when he stops to get gas or hit that coffee shop
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| His neurotic ass can act like he knows a whole lot
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| Pour some sugar on me, my counterfeit personality
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| He’s a loner dottie, he’s a rebel
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| He’s gonna drive the escort to the middle of that meadow
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| Thinking about how he can leave this city
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| Fill the tank and towards the water he’ll flee or,
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| Maybe he should just go get a picture at the CC
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| And find a stool at the bar where he can stare at the TV
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| Either way tomorrow will be just like today
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| And that’s all it takes to make the change
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| He loves to drive more than he loves being alive
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| And this town doesn’t even know his real name
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| It goes bye bye Miss American Pie
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| Drove the Ford to the border to disturb the order
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| If only that he’d know that he wouldn’t be missed
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| Maybe then he could have grown to exist |