The Lonely Gleaner Lyrics

I am stalled on the freeway

I'm killin' days and I'm killin' time

All these thoughts that linger seem so suspicious

Inside my mind

Why am I so helpless as the clouds pass over me

The wind whips through my window and whispers something soft, softly

May you move in peace

I see the lonely gleaner sifting through the remains

Of all the spoils of transit that have blown from the lanes

Shreds of rubber are melting to freestanding forms

How much of this landscape will still be here after the storm steals it own

Miles and miles of dangling, dangling telephone lines

I can hear the voices within them explode like mines

When you coming home, baby?

Why did you leave?

Can you explain in a few words, baby, what you got up your sleeve?

So I can sleep tonight

The sun is setting on the pavement

And provides the rations of the night

Glowing eyes are dead ringers for everything that's left ain't right

I love the strains that are lifted

When there's nothing to do

Except count on your fingers all the things you love

Through and through