Album: The Past Is Still Alive (2024)
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  • Hiding from the cops in Ogallala, Nebraska
    Getting dropped off on a county line
    You were so mean, but I had to keep walking
    We walked that state on Highway 30 time
    And I was in love with my American footprint
    Tracks of blood left out in the snow
    Salt lick beacon, burnt by electrical fencing
    Half moon rising, headlights down below

    Now what do I do with this terrible feeling?
    Been all these years I'm driving the same highway stretch
    You know that scene at the end of Titanic?
    Well, I'm the one who's still playing on the deck

    Meet me back in a San Francisco bookstore
    Down the stairs in the poetry aisle
    We'll get lost in a city forgotten
    'Cause I don't like change and I hate goodbyes
    Now what do you turn into when all reality's blending?
    An image of a photocopy of a lie?
    I used to think I was born into the wrong generation
    But now I know I made it right on time

    To watch the world burn
    To watch the world burn
    To watch the world burn
    With a tear in my eye
    To watch the world burn
    To watch the world burn
    To watch the world burn
    I'm right on time

    In the autumn
    I'll be waiting around

    Meet me in the autumn
    In the garden
    Well, well Writer/s: Alynda Segarra
    Publisher: DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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