Blankets

I met her at a racetrack It was right before some concert On a blanket selling bracelets She was searching for a sponsor I moved her to Montana We hung on for several summers It got druggie and we crumbled But still I never haven't loved her When you panic in the city It feels like one too many walls When it thunders in the canyon You get the feeling you're too small I washed up and I wandered I did whatever business looked the best I found a savior then I lost him Had a kid and all the rest Then the doctor left a message Said we're looking at these numbers from your test When you're lonely on the prairie There's still a couple people you can call When it thunders in the canyon You get the feeling you're too small The detective was expensive But he thought it was something he could solve Found her serving breakfast In a cafe in the skyway in St. Paul When we got to the Twin Cities I said man I know some songs about this place When they swept up all the empties The parties always seemed like such a waste When you panic in the city It feels like one too many walls There's an absence in the middle The people are all high or in withdrawal When you're lonely on the prairie There's still a couple people you can call When it thunders in the canyon You get the feeling you're too small When they're down there on the blankets You can see the lifetime in their eyes You can purchase what they offer Or see if they've got something on the side You live your whole life Just to travel to the place you're gonna die You travel your whole life Just to get out to the place you're gonna die