Road Buddy - Dar Williams

We passed the storeswe passed the hotels

Filled our car with gasoline

We drove that nightI saw the moon

Almost got us in an accident

And then at the rest stop

When that woman tried to steal my wallet

It felt like an adventure isnЂ™t that what you would call it?

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SnЂ™t that what you would call it?

YouЂ™re my road buddybut IЂ™m lonely all the time

I thought weЂ™d be jokinghaving long talks on late night drives

But you drive so bad I lost my patience

So pass the chips and turn the station

This is not a romance with the road

Where the moss grows up the trees

To where the bird is rusty

I thought weЂ™d find ecah story like a snakeskin or an arrowhead

But we onlys top at fastfood places

They hate thier jobsI understand

They try to act familiarbut theyЂ™re floating just above the land

And we are all floating

YouЂ™re my road buddybut IЂ™m lonely all the time

I thought weЂ™d show that friendship could be stronger than the crossroads

Double back I thought I heard the tori sing

IЂ™ll take that thing

This is not a romance with the road

In those cliffs are the same as in the magazines I have at home

And the tall grass reminds me of the same dreams I had at home

I thought life was a road and I wanted to begin it

I saidmy friend and I going on a trip so I could only stop a minute

We go to the venting machines

I want to watch these kids with their mothersipping on their juice boxes and

Smiling at each other

And maybe thatЂ™s their dad on the phone

Sayinghey monyou couldnЂ™t waitgo aheadhave dinnerЂ™cause werre running

Just a little late

But weЂ™re on our way

Road buddyroad buddyI heard about the boxcars and the family of travelers

But thereЂ™s real estate sides in the cornfields I know thereЂ™s love

I bet thereЂ™s trouble

But you just canЂ™t spend a lifetime on the road and thereЂ™s something I

finally

Faced

I finally think I come from someplace

This is not a romance with the road