Erin Ash Sullivan - Rest Stop Bird

Rest Stop Bird

VERSE 1
Five more miles on highway ten
Time to stop for gas again
Now he’s one more tank away
Would it have changed a thing if he’d a told you stay
Crack the door and taste the night
And the feel of freedom by fluorescent light
And the road sighs out the day’s last heat
To the sound of a bird singing low and sweet

CHORUS
She’ll serenade you as you’re leaving town
Hear the notes rise up as the sun goes down down down
Sometimes leaving doesn’t need a word
Just listen to the song of the rest stop bird

VERSE 2
Ten more miles on highway five
You need the rhythm of the road to feel alive
You left behind a heart of stone
Hidden in a nest of sticks and bone
He promised you that the walls would hold
But there was nothing soft to keep out the cold
So you were both to blame when your love got beat
All those eggshells lying beneath your feet

CHORUS
She’ll serenade you as you’re leaving town
Hear the notes rise up as the sun goes down down down
Sometimes leaving doesn’t need a word
Just listen to the song of the rest stop bird

BRIDGE
Little bird don’t care that he don’t care that you flew off without warning
Little bird don’t care that he don’t care that you’ll be gone come morning
Little bird makes leaving look so easy – just a breath of wings
Easier than a lot of things

CHORUS
She’ll serenade you as you’re leaving town
Hear the notes rise up as the sun goes down down down
Sometimes leaving doesn’t need a word
Just listen to the song of the rest stop bird