Blanco County Lights

A light comes on and I’m out again

at a filling station, put another five dollars on ten

I spend the day slinging paint on broken fences

and race the sunset home before tomorrow starts again.



It’s an endless cycle that I’m not much for talking about

But damned if some days -- some days I just can’t work it all out.

I’m left filling the spaces inside my head

With all the wrong things done and the right things left unsaid.



I’ll let it go tonight

And watch it all fade away into a flickering candle light

Letting go, I’m alright

Saying goodbye to the Blanco County lights



I’m not the best at letting the good things go

This ain’t the first night I’ve spent living in the past, I know

These empty glasses, head pounds like a drum

Not really that comfortable with how comfortable this bar’s become



Yeah, it’s true, some decisions change everything

And all the ones I didn’t make made a mess of me and you

But I’ve got a really good idea of just who I am

And I’ve spent too long listening to all the things they’ve said I’ve been.