Erin Ash Sullivan - Before You Go

Before You Go

Cricket song, starry night, velvet air
Headlight gleam, window down
Just an after-dinner drive to buy some ice cream
at the Mobil on the edge of town
You crane your neck to catch a satellite tail
I pray for time to slow
I could probably count how many drives like this we have left
Before you go

When you were buckled up in back
I’d strain to make out every word you said
Now you’re riding shotgun up here next to me
I try to listen with my heart instead
You nod along to the sounds of the sweet summer night
Like you were listening to the radio
I could probably count how many drives like this we have left
Before you go

Right now our world’s this dark, this drive
This road, this ride
The bullfrog hum
Eyes straight ahead I let your words shade in my picture
Of who you’ve become
I know you’re ready
But how can I get ready
It’s harder than you know
On these sweet summer nights buying ice cream
Before you go
These sweet summer nights
Before you go