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Looking For a Sign

Sixty miles an hour on a lonely midnight ride
Drinkin� moonshine whiskey
And the road was misty all along the mountainside
I recalled a summer evening and an old porch swing
Stars were burnin� brightly
Susie there beside me tryin� on that golden ring
Then I passed some painted plywood fasted to an oak
It said Kingsnake River was just ten miles up the road

But I kept on goin�
And followin� the yellow line
Hopin� for an omen
That life and death were by design
Just drivin� in the night and searchin� for the light
Lookin� for a sign

I saw haunted willow trees with tears of hangin� moss
And a desp�rate madness
Soon replaced the sadness of my tragedy and loss
Somewhere �cross that river was a porch swing �neath the stars
Darkness whispered sweetly
That my love�d meet me and forever would be ours
So I gunned my Chevy up to eighty headin� south
One more scrap of plywood said the river bridge was out

But I kept on goin�
And followin� the yellow line
Hopin� for an omen
That life and death were by design
Just drivin� in the night and searchin� for a guide
Lookin� for a sign

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Then I saw a porch swing on a farm
Swayin� slowly �neath a patch of stars
Like what haunted me, somehow wanted me
To see those lights come shinin� through
And they showed me that our time on earth
Is just borrowed from the universe
O and it�s a crime, to return our time
Before the heavens say it�s due

So I hit the brakes and fin�lly skidded to a stop
Though I knew forever
Waited in that river in a quick and painless drop
When I turned around that farm and porch swing weren�t there
Just a patch of stars to watch me park and say a prayer

Then I kept on goin�
And followin� the yellow line
Cos I�d seen an omen
That life and death are by design
Just drivin� in the night and searchin� for the light
Lookin� for a sign

�2010 Robert George