Cover My Tracks - Ruston Kelly

It was a hard rain showing me the way

Up from here to the fire escape

I was caught stuck standing in the flames again

Who the hell would you be telling?

Everybody knows my secret well

It’s a long look stranded in the maze again

And it’s a long way back to California

And I ain’t got time to cover my tracks

How the hell do I return to normal

If I’m always ending up flat on my back?

Well, these are the golden years

Thought I’d never find 'em

Or just watch 'em disappear

Into the echoes of all the older lovers

That still whisper my name around here

And it’s one more time to be sure

Lorraine ain’t coming 'round here no more

Took me eight years to figure out what to do

And it’s a stone’s throw back to the old

Habits stored in a well worn coat

That’s the price needed to pay to face the truth

And it’s a long way back to California

And I ain’t got time to cover my tracks

How the hell do I return to normal

If I’m always ending up flat on my back?

Well, these are the golden years

I thought I’d never find 'em

I’d just watch them disappear

Into the echoes of all the older lovers

That still whisper my name around here

Yeah, yeah, yeah

And it’s a long way back to California

And I ain’t got time to cover my tracks