The Alternate Routes

Already November

The Alternate Routes


I saw you three times 
In a face in the crowd 
Called out your name 
Just as clear and a loud 
As I could without thinking 
It wouldn't be you 
But a lie in my head 
Was a hope that died true 

I saw what I thought 
Was that look in your eyes 
On the face of a stranger man 
Standing in line 
And all I know now 
When it comes to you 
Is that I ran outta stars 
For one wish to come true 

And gone are the days when I still had the time 
And please tell my mother I'm doing alright 
But it's slow, slow and gone is the life that I've known 
The life that I've known 

It's already November 
we've been driving all night 
Never thought that we'd bring it this far 
In a working man's town 
Thought I'd see you around 
On the shotgun side 
With my own two eyes 

Then I saw you three times 
In a rear view mirror 
Like the broken white stripes in the dark 
Could've sworn it was you 
By the light of the moon 
Like a Tennessee cross in a fog 

And gone are the days when I still had the time 
And please tell my mother I'm doing alright 
But it's slow, slow and gone is the life that I've known 
The life that I've known 

And gone are the days when I still had the time 
And please tell my mother I'm doing alright 
But it's slow, slow and gone is the life that I've known 
The life that I've known