we drove in silence

we drove in silence

through the fields

we drove so fast

we couldn't see what grew where

there was a farmhouse, a barn

and some children

looks like someone had a life

going there

and I was thinking

I wished I lived here

I would do

what a normal person does

my life is

a song of sorrow

every answer

is "just because"

we drove in silence

me and my wife

we drove as fast

as people our age can drive

home was our destination

speeding north

on interstate 5

and I was thinking

if life were different

if I was new

maybe she would love me

like she used to do

maybe we'd be happy

like we were before

when every answer

was forevermore

we drove in silence

with the radio off

seems it always played

the same old song

one about freedom 

and glory and love

we just couldn't sing along

and I was thinking

there was someone inside me

and this news was told

that I could drive carelessly

off of this road

and over the cliffs

to the valley below

but still I drive on

in a minute, we're gone

and safely at home

away from

the other lives I have known