Anyone But Me

Hear the semis shiftin' down heading west

Out on the interstate

The sad lowing of the cattle out at the stockyard

Waiting on their fate

Clear channel radio all the way from Chicago

Set my young soul free

Del Shannon, Johnny Cash

Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, the Clash

Whispered just to me

Laying in my twin sized bed

Soft-lit by the glow

Of the luminescent display

Of my flip clock radio

Dreaming of a wider world

Hoping one day I would be

Anywhere but there

Anyone but me

Anyone but me

I'd sleepwalk home from school

Lock my door

And put the headphones on

Lay the needle on the record

Close my eyes

In an instant I was gone

Music fed my soul

Gave life meaning

Made me whole

Became my everything

I hung on each and every word

Studied every song I heard

I'd close my eyes and sing

I swear, I felt the pain

Of Del Shannon crying'

As he was walkin' in the rain

Laying in my twin sized bed

Soft-lit by the glow

Of the luminescent display

Of my flip clock radio

Dreaming of a wider world

Hoping one day I would be

Anywhere but there

Anyone but me

Anyone but me