Turnpike Divides

There's a thousand black cars

All drivin' around in my blood stream

I'd have to take a thousand pills

To find out where their headlights lead

Is it cold in New York?

Is it freezing in your bed?

Because I caught a deep chill

When I went over the Hudson again

It's alright

Counting city lights

Where the turnpike divides

Waving goodbye at my former life

(I don't want to be a self-medicator)

Hard to sleep when you're born to run

(I'm sick of living life in the Garden State Trap)

All the roads are pointing home again

Holy Cross has got a headstone

All picked out for me

And my only job is to walk around

Until I fall down at its feet

Home is the place

You can never escape

From the Camden City graves

To the edge of the Palisades

Alright

Counting city lights

Where the turnpike divides

Waving goodbye to my former life

(I don't want to be a self-medicator)

Hard to sleep when you're born to run

(I'm sick of living life in the Garden State Trap)

All the roads are pointing home again

And I'll be counting the city lights

Blinking on and off tonight

As life passes by

I'm left behind

Standing on the shoulder of the Jersey turnpike

Buildings seem to rise

Like coffins full of stars

Getting buried in the sky

You wanna laugh and dance

To be free?

Alright

I've been thinking about

Those days I wanted to sleep

You'd wake me up just before

You'd leave

And I'd fall back into a dream

Walkin' in fresh city snow

You'd never seen

And I'd never leave

Your side

I've been thinking about

Those days I wanted to sleep

You'd wake me up just before

You'd leave

And I'd fall back into a dream

Walkin' in fresh city snow

You'd never seen

And I'd never leave

Your side

I've been thinking about

Those days I wanted to sleep

You'd wake me up just before

You'd leave