Rear View Mirror

Rear View Mirror
Lucy Billings (Lucy Tunes Music, ASCAP)

Here is the story of a girl I know, you could say she was on a roll
At the peak of her career - everything was going so well
One morning she gets told, the company has been sold
Thank you for your service, it’s time for you to go
Her office fills with moving boxes, shredded files of labors lost
She just can’t shake the feeling that she’s been tossed aside
After a while she finds her way, picks her pride up off the ground
She’s looking for another road; she knows it’s time to drive

Got her hands on the wheel, foot on the gas
A cloud of dust as she speeds past
The sign ahead says welcome to the new frontier
Not much more she can say, yeah
Save the tears for another day
She’s looking at that job in the rear view mirror
In the rear view mirror.

This same girl loved a man, tried to be the best she can
Showed him all her finery, but he couldn’t make up his mind
From indecision, a choice was made, locked and loaded, tracks were laid
Dead-end street or open road, she knows it’s time to drive

Hands on the wheel, foot on the gas
A cloud of dust as she speeds past
The sign ahead says welcome to the new frontier
Not much more she can say, yeah
Save the tears for another day
She’s looking at that man in the rear view mirror
In the rear view mirror

It feels so bad when your life turns upside down
In these troubled times
Perhaps the only way you can make room for something new
Is to leave some things behind
In the rear view mirror

This same girl like all of us, doubts running through her head
They greet her in the morning, say goodnight when she goes to bed
The day of courage has arrived, things have changed but you’re still alive
And there is just no better time to set those doubts aside

Hands on the wheel, foot on the gas
A cloud of dust as she speeds past
The sign ahead says welcome to the new frontier
Not much more she can say, yeah
Save the tears for another day
It’s time to leave those doubts in the rear view mirror
In the rea