A Pillar of Salt

Chucking a hay bale onto a flatbed truck
 Grandpa's farm in 1999
 At the edge of the end of the world, resetting the clocks
 Doesn't sound that crazy after all
 The angel said to Lot and his family
 "Get the hell outta dodge
 If you wanna dodge the hell that's coming
 But I would rather be a pillar of salt
 For taking one last look
 Live without the memory of it all"
 So take my hand for one more dance
 Slowly 'round the kitchen
 I know that I've been worrying you
 With all these long aching glances
 Back over my shoulder
 Honey, it's just what I have to do
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 Climbing a bedsheet tied into a makeshift rope
 From the second story window of a bar
 Escaping the local ghost in 2009
 I think about that morning all the time
 Watching the sunrise, waving my hand
 Out the open window of the car
 I was a lonely kid, chasing the wind
 It's a wonder that I made it this far
 So take my hand for one more dance
 Slowly 'round the kitchen
 I know that I've been worrying you
 With all these long aching glances
 Back over my shoulder
 But honey, it's just what I have to do
 Will all this time treading water?
 Make my legs that much stronger
 Take my hand for one more dance
 Slowly 'round the kitchen
 I know that I've been worrying you
 With all these long aching glances
 Back over my shoulder
 But honey, it's just what I have to do
 Honey, it's just what I have to do