Bus Lights to Phoenix

{bus station ambience, rain on pavement,

distant terminal announcement, soft piano motif}

Toledo fading in the station glass

One duffel bag and a heart beat fast Rain on the roof

and my name on a list

Whole life packed in a seat like this

I watch Main Street blur in the pane Try not to carry

the weight and the pain

If I stay here,

I stay the same So I ride with the dark and I

whisper change (ahhhh) {drums enter,

intimate lead vocal}

Every mile cuts a new frame

Every sign says I can change

Head against the window glow

Somewhere west the dry winds blow

(ooh) {lift, widen synths}

I'm on that Greyhound heading to the sun

Leaving old scars where I came from Window full of highways,

heart on the run

Arizona calling, saying don't turn back now

I'm alone, but I'm not done Got a new sky waiting when

the morning comes (ohhh) {big hook,

full drums, soaring synth lead} Truck stops,

taillights, all the states unwind

Black coffee heat and these old flashbacks in line I see my

mother in the rearview rain Hear my younger self say don't fold

again

Cornfields gave way to open land Then the night got wider than

I ever planned I got fear in my chest,

still faith in my hands And the road keep saying become that

man (yeah) {add arpeggio,

firmer drums}

If I made it this far,

I can't fold now Rain turned to

desert in my soul somehow All that I lost ain't the end

of me

It's just the price of becoming free (ooh)

{half-time feel, drums thin out,

piano forward} I'm on that Greyhound heading to the sun Leaving old

scars where I came from Window full of highways,

heart on the run Arizona calling,

saying don't turn back now Phoenix in the distance like a second

chance New light on my face when I take that stand

I'm alone, but I'm not done Got a new sky waiting when

the morning comes (ohhh) {final lift,

added harmonies, bigger lead synth}

Desert dawn through the window frame

I step off different,

not the same (hummmm) {drums fade,

piano and pad resolve,

bus air brake in distance}