The Whole Ride Home

We're headed back to a place where the girls have double names
 Like Anne Marie, Maryrose, Mary Beth, and Mary Jane
 Where the clocks tick slowly and only the rolling hills
 Will slay the sky while the world is standing still
 You say you think you know it all
 But I've known you since three feet tall
 Delusions and ideas that go nowhere
 You only sit still because you're too scared
 Let's let Charlie lead us back to there
 The skyline fading behind my back
 One mile closer to being cut some slack
 Behind the sky rest the familiar eyes
 While only nightmares lead to children's cries
 After this long drive we'll see the yards that have hid from our view
 Where the forest doesn't always hide the trees
 We'll be getting back real soon
 Nothing there has to make sense
 Just laziness and patience
 Sift through the evidence of slow decay
 Add the catalyst to fuel the flame