At a Greyhound Station, Desperate

Your heart's been beating through your chest A war your body hasn't declared yet It's been in conflict a long time We just don't call it what it is You dyed your hair and you slicked it back Always trying to get yourself back on the right track Moving every couple years A new city, a new state But you always find your way back here Between a rock and a hard place Sunday dinner at your parents' house You were all hyped up on some unknown kind of speed Your father gave his old lecture You fought defensively Ran out of patience and you asked me for a ride Grabbed a duffle bag and raced off into the night Sayin', "This time it's gonna be different, man I got connections up in Michigan I just gotta find a way outta here Before shit gets weird" At a Greyhound Station Waiting on a way out of town Desperation knows no bounds On the drive out you were silent You drank a tall boy from a brown paper bag We listened to the game on the radio And stared endlessly out the window We weren't bound by surname or blood But life found a way of making brothers out of us "Thanks for the ride, see you soon, my friend" Yeah, that was the last I ever heard from him And then I watched you disappear In a rearview mirror At a Greyhound Station Waiting on a way out of town Desperation knows no bounds At a Greyhound Station Waiting on a way out of town Desperation knows no bounds