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| "Destination Unknown" | |
| Words and music by Erica Rowell On a clear, cloudy night The moon was shining as the sun shone bright As she drove through the streets of the unknown town She saw glimpses of things she'd once known By the side of the road, an old man slept With his face in the gutter and his hand clenched A distant din and lights from a place She drove by unaware, a tear on her face. Passed the town by on the way to her destination unknown The streets half empty, the sidewalks filled With people in a daze. She was driving in a haze As she drove through the streets of the unknown town Her mind aracing but her head hung down A woman peered from behind a shade The look on her face beginning to fade An empty house seemed to beckon to her She drove by still unaware. Drove on to another town, her destination unknown. As the town grew small, she drove ahead Past the cornfields yellow and the pastures brown-red Green pines loom under a sheltering sky blue Starting to wonder why All this time and all this space All this distance, isn't it a waste And the sky opened up, thunder pushing down Made her drive even faster to the oncoming town. © Erica Rowell 2005 All rights reserved |
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