Six Dollars Away
Frosted night, glazed so bright, and the bus stop seems miles away
Candlelight stars from times forgotten burning up and reigning with cold ash down on me
I shouldn’t leave this stale den of books and pens, but your voice flickers wirelong,
Beckoning
After all, you’re only six dollars away
The breath of so many cars being held in an underground parking lot
I’m walking fast though the covered way is slow,
tryin’ to get away from myself or the people I don’t know
I try to move to get closer to you as I run to the subway train
I gotta catch you as soon as I’m six dollars away
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, oh I know I gotta leave this city
Oh I know, oh I know, oh I know it gets me down, and the ride to you is so pretty
Through blowing snow and winter roads my heart chose that it wanted to go through the country
Through all the beauty I behold, I’m going ‘cause I gotta be with my baby
The blue of the morning, and the bump and the warmth of
leaving the terminal behind to face the day
The tired diesel warnings speak to my growing sense
Of sleepless hallelujah, and fear of happenstance
And I run alongside, through the frozen landscape, in my mind
With you
No I don’t see you everyday, but I know you’re just six dollars away
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, oh I know I gotta leave this city
Oh I know, oh I know, oh I know it gets me down, and the ride to you is so pretty
Through blowing snow and winter roads my heart chose that it wanted to go through the country
Through all the beauty I behold, I’m going ‘cause I gotta be with my baby
But I’ve been waiting for you to say,
Come to me, and you can stay
I’ve been hoping you’d be okay
With me waking you up so you could make my day
