16 Miles

16 miles down a red dirt road
The clouds are blue the sun is low
Fireflies begin to glow
And I ain’t got no place to go
Turn my back now to the city
Country air is all I need
I can’t take this dark apartment
The weeks go by they get to me
Me…
Cause my heart is filled with sadness
I’ve about given up
Not any signs of gladness
Under the sinking sun
And I can wander blindly
Continue on this path
But this path it leads to nowhere to nothing that will last
That will last
Last…
16 miles until I’ll know
If I stay or if I go
Been wandering wild for way too long
In one more day I couldn’t write this song
Song…
Sometimes I like to drive the canyons
They beat the concrete any day
I used to like to ride the subways
But from those streets I’m far away
Sometimes I wish I’d stayed
Cause my heart is filled with sadness
I’ve about given up
Not any signs of gladness
Under the sinking sun
And I can wander blindly
Continue on this path
But this path it leads to nowhere to nothing that will last
That will last
16 miles down a red dirt road
In my mind that’s where I go
Cause I don’t have the guts to leave
This dark apartment swallows me