Bridges Car Fires Prime Meridians

from As Surely As The Sun Will Rise by David Mnemo

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They say that the life of a wanderer will only lead a man to sorrow
Make yourself some wings of wax that melt when you touch the sky
But I've seen what happens to the fly when he's fighting off the spiders
Tears himself to shreds on the web and waits quietly to die

So she looks into my eyes and she asks me where I place my prime meridian
I told her if I had one it'd tripped me up and caught me long ago
So now I measure distances in carcasses and cheesy advertisements
Bank receipts and parking lots and gas stations endorsing Jesus

Just when I thought it was safe to settle down and take it easy
Someone saw the date stamped on the box and sent me tumbling from the shelf
Just when I thought it was time to pack it up and keep it going
I realized those bridges that I built had been burned by someone else

So here I am back out on the road with my moving parts all blurry
Highways resplendent in full bloom purple yellow pink and white
A family of five walks away from their car with cheeks a'glistening
The fire and the smoke blotted out by the sirens and the lights

So here I am waiting on the shore for a schooner named Niagara
Cost me sixty dollars for the tickets but it made somebody smile
And on the other side waits the wife of a man that I once murdered
She claims that she doesn't hold a grudge but I wouldn't blame her if she did

Just when I thought it was safe to settle down and take it easy
Someone saw the date stamped on the box and sent me tumbling from the shelf
Just when I thought it was time to pack it up and keep it going
I realized those bridges that I built could be used by someone else

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from As Surely As The Sun Will Rise, released June 29, 2019

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