Two Lives Not Lived Lyrics

Back then the shape of things was easier to see

We never questioned all the things that we could be

But then you keep growing up, no matter what you do

And now you're facing all the fears that childhood never knew

You put on a jet black suit, and slicked your hair right back

You walked a quarter mile to pick her up like that

Your heart was beating double time, you couldn't catch your breath

At the edge of 17, you hadn't felt that yet

A phone call at 3am, "the baby's 'bout come"

You cut your shift in half and drive like you're on the run

The first time that you hold that tiny hand in yours

Suddenly the whole world shifts and its nothing like before

The sense you have about these things

Has been building for awhile

She doesn't seem to hold your hand

Or kiss you with a smile

Against your better sense you read a message on her phone

Now you're facing middle age and facing it alone

The years have not been kind to you

That you've lived in this bar

Never one more love was found

Just whiskey by the jar

You long to close your eyes for good

And weep for none to hear

Instead, with a smile you'd never mean

You ask for one more beer

The family gathered round to mumble their goodbyes

Folks you never liked that much with teardrops in their eyes

And there beneath the sand and stone,

As they send you from this world

Next to you in a 4 by 2

Are the bones of your little girl.

Back then the shape of things was easier to see

We never questioned all the things that we could be

But then you keep growing up, no matter what you do

And now you're facing all the fears that childhood never knew