You pulled up, as if in a rush, and said, 'I'll give 
you a ride. I saw you miss the bus.'I said, 'Thanks, 
I'm looking to kill some time.'
'I'll take you to your house, or we could see mine. 
It's not very far and you'll like it just fine.
You could leave this world behind.'
So, I stayed an hour, a day and then two.
Maybe you'll teach me the things that you know. But 
it's getting cold, I think we should go.
When the house was all boarded up, we said goodbye and 
we climbed in your red pick-up truck. And we drove off 
into the night. And I counted all the street lights as 
you turned to me with a sigh and said, 'I'm willing to 
give it a try. We could be happy all over again, find a 
place to begin.'
Then it's three months and we're still not there.
And I've gotten thinner and you've grown your hair. And 
we're looking for home but I don't think it's here. And 
if it's September my birthday is near.
And you say there's nothing that I have to fear. 'We'll 
get it somehow. I just don't have it right now.'
Locked up the room and returned the key. And the 
manager waved to us uneasily and we drove off into the 
night. And I counted all the street lights, as you 
turned to me with a sigh and said, 'I'm still willing 
to give us a try. We could be happy in outer space, 
where all of our demons will soon be erased. In a small 
quiet town we'll start over again, find a place to 
begin.'
But this road just goes on and on.
So, I said, 'I'm sorry. I'll miss you but I've stayed 
too long. It's time for me to go home.'
So, you drop me off at the light and I walk off into 
the night, find a quarter and pick up the phone.