Hiker Midnight

It's my first thirty-nine And my last, I would trust And still I'm not certain If I've done enough Since she sent me the wire That the godawful sound Of nothing meant fire Closing all around See, the birds are all gone No one fleeing but me And there's how many miles To sanctuary? It's hiker midnight And I'm so far from home It's hiker midnight... That long summer, we smoked And now Washington burns These kids with their rockets Are never gonna learn When that phoenix alights In the ash of our wood Then we'll wake to a sunrise The colour of blood It's hiker midnight And I'm down to my bones It's hiker midnight And I'm alone, I'm alone It's my first forty-two And a new private hell To wake to a stranger Whom I know too well All it took was a spark Tossed around in a gale Now there's absolutely nothing Left of our trail It's hiker midnight And she's still not come home It's hiker midnight And I'm alone, I'm alone Oh, don't spend your penitence There's no time to atone It's hiker midnight And we're alone, we're alone