Jessye DeSilva - Missouri

Well I flatlined out in Philly
And I hovered out of body
Felt like years since you had noticed me at all
And I came to in Missouri in the middle of a cornfield
And fell into the first eyes that I saw
I cried from Indiana all the way to the Steel Valley
'Cuz I knew I couldn't love you anymore
Left my past inside a rest stop on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
I'd forgotten what I brought it out there for
Shoulda never fallen for Missouri
Shoulda never let that seed be sown
Shoulda never run from all my worries
Shoulda stayed and fought the brush fire back at home
Just like state lines sketched on paper
Sharply drawn in two dimensions
Your boundaries looked less clear in the light of day
Thirteen years of the familiar
Half a life lived in your presence
All to leave and end up strangers anyway
Shoulda never fallen for Missouri
Shoulda never let that seed be sown
Shoulda never run from all my worries
Shoulda stayed and fought the brush fire back at home
But the best thing I could do for us was leaving
'Cuz staying was the thing that took its toll
I hope the hands of time massaged away your grieving
'Cuz loving me was cancer for your soul
Now I'm speeding down the highway
Somewhere in North Jersey
I catch the scent of burning wood in early spring
And I think back on our past, and how we took each other's poison
We were finished when we sipped on our first drink
Shoulda never fallen for Missouri
Shoulda never let that seed be sown
Shoulda never run from all my worries
Shoulda stayed and fought the brush fire back at home
But I met myself again out in Missouri
Met myself and walked the fields alone
Met myself and sat with all my worries
Needed fuel to fight the brush fire back at home
I needed fuel to fight the brush fire back at home
I needed fuel to fight the brush fire back at home

Written by:
Jessye DeSilva

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