Masha Danevasha - Road Song

You look at the road
Wind shuffles the deck
In your back pocket
You got half a pack
Your worn-out Justines
Got a pedal to crank,
And gamble how far
You can get on one tank

So head for the coast
The woods or the hills
Ride into sunset
To see how it feels
Leave behind, in the dust
What you can’t face
Let the cloud of exhaust
Hide your fall from grace

So light up that stogie
Step on the gas
Turn up the volume
Point the car West
If headlights approach
Don’t let them pass
Maybe this time
You’ll outrun your past

In a nameless dive
At the end of your track
In the arms of a stranger
Or a bottle of Jack
You may find an answer
To what went wrong
And ask a penniless bard
Make your tale into song

Masha Danevasha

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