Windshield Songtext

von Peter Mulvey

The raven on the roof in the sideways light
Emptiness black agains monochrome bright
Filling up my dreams with a monologue
He's never gonna let me go
He's tromping up there around in the snow
And he sounds like the wind, like a ghost, like a child, like a dog
And I'm tryna hear
What is he sayin
I'm tryn ta hear
What is he saying
And every windshield in this town has seen better days
The door opens up at the top of the stair
And all of that brutal arctic air
Slides into this basement bar
And onto the floor
The sun just rose, and now it's setting
Some people here begin forgetting
What it is they came here looking for

And maybe they came
Just to get away
Maybe they came
Just to get away
And every windshield in this town has seen better days

Persephone went and she ate those seeds
And now she's got that driving need
To skip town every time the nights get long

She charms all the boys in their Carhart jeans
Until they are twisting in their summer dreams
Just trying to get within earshot of her song

Oh but she's gonna go
No matter who says stay
She's gonna go
No matter who says stay
And every windshield in this town has seen better days

Sometimes out on the edge of town
Timmy shuts the motor down
He pulls over to the side and he kills the lights

And a million stars and a million trees
And the blazing moon and the bitter breeze
All of that vast and empty silent night

Well you can feel your whole life
Fallin away
You can feel your whole life
Fallin away
And every windshield in this town has seen better days

And every windshield in this town has seen better days