Texas - Kevin Devine

My love has gone away

Packed up her bags and then boarded that plane

And I guess at the time, I figured you’d wait

Teary face, leaky breath, a bitter taste

Tripped out for six hundred years

Who would have thought that I’d make it last year?

In a way, it makes sense that I died and reappeared

As that fly you’ve been swatting for years

Calm down and make him a drink

Pretty small town and the gossip repeats

She took off her clothes and sat on the bed, next to me

My heart is pumping my blood

Your heart’s not beating at all

In a way, it makes sense that it isn’t

It just never was

Right now, a sinful exchange

Once done, unspeakable shame

And I should’ve known where I took the blame

The sweat and the shame

Fireless flame

Please god, don’t take him too

Take me, a replicant fool

Lost a gear and now, I hardly move

He’s a kid, I’m a fool

Please son, where is your faith?

Take off your bushels, set fire to your pain

You will heal like a cut

Let it scar, let it scab, let it stain

In a while, I promise, you’ll see

You’re alive, not the blemish or burns that you keep on your feet

I am a towel that is soaked to the core

Heavier now than it’s gotten before

And something inside of me needs more and more

Sooner than later

Never no more

Sooner than later

Never no more