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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
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