My Mind Wandered Off and Never Rode Back

I was talkin’ to the fire again, But it said nothin’ back, just then The sky looked wide, the stars were slack, And my mind wandered off and never rode back

She told me once to tie it tight, Said thoughts like mine drift outta sight I laughed, said I was built to lack — Then it left quiet, never rode back

My mind wandered off and never rode back Took my plans and my half of the map Left me starin’ at a doorless shack With a name I forgot and a world gone black I ain’t crazy, just off-track — My mind wandered off and never rode back

I wrote a letter to myself, But found it torn on someone’s shelf It said “Don’t follow, don’t unpack — It ain’t your weight if it don’t come back”

I sleep with one eye on the moon, The other closed by loss too soon The dreams I had all turned to cracks, Now they just echo and never come back

My mind wandered off and never rode back Took the songs and the saddle slack Now I hum with a voice that shakes, Chasin’ ghosts I didn’t make Truth ain't sharp — it’s what I lack… My mind wandered off and never rode back

There’s peace, I guess, in not knowin’ Long as the wind keeps blowin’

My mind wandered off and never rode back Just a whisper caught in a weathered track I talk to the wind, it talks like me — Sayin’ nothin’ helpfully I ain’t broken, just gone slack — My mind wandered off and never rode back

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