lost (without the stars)

This one's a song--here's the link, if you want to hear me sing it! Lost (Without the Stars)

we are lost she said

when we finally stopped

beneath blue blue gas station lights

we had driven all day

and then--to prove a point--

all night

there's no such thing as lost

i disagreed. you just

haven't learned to love where you are. 

well

she didn't know so much about that

so i screwed in the gas cap

and walked 'round the car

on the dusty rear window

i drew us a road map

this whole patchwork nation

in a single straight line

just waved my hand

from east to west

let night sky and road grime

fill in the rest.

you are here.

you are here, i said.

you are here.

there's gas in the tank

and love in our hearts

venus in the west

and a highway that starts

where our tires meet the road

just get in and we'll go

anywhere.

get in; we'll go

anywhere.