Followed By Lightning

You were so enthralled with my every move I sat on the bed of your childhood room

Back before we aged you made practical plans You built all my dreams by hand

And mama used to call and ask when I'd be home Hanging up wishing we were old and grown

So we'd pretend like we had nothing to lose Stole our own best years in your dad's Chevy Coupe

But my youth was you, my youth was you Can't live without you in my life

But when you're around I'm barely alive No matter where you are you end up mine

And no matter what we end up lying Ever since the first strike we've been followed by lightning

I guess we shouldn't have survived so we're followed by lightning

After college you rode back in the town Found my way back to your arms somehow

Back when I was working a graveyard shift You said you were lonely and started to drift