Quick Trips

Bless the night clerk outside of Moline

That sells me coffee and a tank of gasoline

A smile and a joke

A little kindness on the road

I take a nap there in the parking lot

My eyes are closing, I know I ought to stop

I'm up with the sunrise

Gotta get there by morning

Another endless highway stretches out before me

How long do I get on this ride?

Another quick trip, peeling off in the night

Always leaving but I never do seem to arrive

Hope I see you on the other side

Tell me, how long do I get on this ride?

Twenty years, it's gettin kind of taxing

Chasing down dreams that are speeding right past me

I sing to my road snacks

I'm missing my babies

Drunk on the sunrise that colors i80

How long do I get on this ride?

Another quick trip, peeling off in the night

Always leaving but I never do seem to arrive

Hope I see you on the other side

Tell me, how long do I get on this ride?

I think of my neighbor, who worked his whole life

Retired to florida at age 69

Gonna take it easy down on the coastline

He couldn't even unpack before his heart gave up the fight

How long do we get on this ride?

All of our days disappearing in the night

Always leaving and we never know when

It's our time

Hope I see you on the other side