MENOMONEE ROAD
I’ve been trying to put my past away
Throw it to the fire and send it up in flames
Everything I chased now chasing me
Ready for the change and haunted by the speed
I’m on the run, yeah I’m on the run
One hand on the wheel and the other on the gun
I raise the dead when I lay the rose
Now I’m running from the ghost of Menomonee Road
Burning like a fever, shadows on the stone
Fire in the sky so the stars don’t burn alone
Whiskey on my breath and the bottle’s on the seat
Pardoned of my debt and cured of my disease
I’m on the run, yeah I’m on the run
One hand on the wheel and the other on the gun
I raise the dead when I lay the rose
Now I’m running from the ghost of Menomonee Road
ROSE MARIE
She grew up in a cab in New York City
Always wishing for a home
We made plans to meet in Kansas
As I landed, she’d already gone
She’s been somewhere ‘round the bend
Somewhere only God knows when
I made this bed I’m laying in
She falls in and out of love
I was born to chase the sun
I guess I’ll burn myself again
I’ve got a lot of things to tell her
So I wrote a letter to the road
Somewhere alone out on the highway
She’ll put my memory to a traveler’s song
She’s been somewhere ‘round the bend
Somewhere only God knows when
I made this bed I’m laying in
She falls in and out of love
I was born to chase the sun
I guess I’ll burn myself again
LESS THAN PERFECT
Somewhere along the line
You and I both knew
We were just passing time
Tonight, the future’s on my mind
While the fire in your eyes starts to fade
We keep searching for that lovin’
But there ain’t too much of it left to find
I won’t settle for anything less than perfect honey, I won’t
We’ve been living a little bit short of worth it honey, I know
I surrender, to end the fight
In a world of black and white,
We’re stuck in the grey
Truth be told, babe, I thought I could see
You standing close to me
And all I believe
But we keep searching for that lovin’
When there ain’t too much of it left to find
I won’t settle for anything less than perfect honey, I won’t
We’ve been living a little bit short of worth it honey, you know
Tonight, I’m leaving these emotions far behind
To find what’s standing in-between your heart and mine
And I will walk away for now, and for the better