Windshield

The raven on the roof in the sideways light
 Emptiness black agains monochrome bright
 Filling up my dreams with a monologue
 He's never gonna let me go
 He's tromping up there around in the snow
 And he sounds like the wind, like a ghost, like a child, like a dog
 and I'm tryna hear
 What is he sayin
 I'm tryn ta hear
 What is he saying
 And every windshield in this town has seen better days
 The door opens up at the top of the stair
 And all of that brutal arctic air
 Slides into this basement bar
 And onto the floor
 The sun just rose, and now it's setting
 Some people here begin forgetting
 What it is they came here looking for
 And maybe they came
 just to get away
 Maybe they came
 Just to get away
 And every windshield in this town has seen better days
 Persephone went and she ate those seeds
 and now she's got that driving need
 To skip town every time the nights get long
 She charms all the boys in their Carhart jeans
 Until they are twisting in their summer dreams
 Just trying to get within earshot of her song
 Oh but she's gonna go
 No matter who says stay
 She's gonna go
 No matter who says stay
 And every windshield in this town has seen better days
 Sometimes out on the edge of town
 Timmy shuts the motor down
 He pulls over to the side and he kills the lights
 And a million stars and a million trees
 And the blazing moon and the bitter breeze
 All of that vast and empty silent night
 Well you can feel your whole life
 Fallin away
 you can feel your whole life
 Fallin away
 And every windshield in this town has seen better days
 And every windshield in this town has seen better days