DEAD RADIO

Intro “…another lonely night…”

Verse 1 Two seventeen outside Tucumcari Dashboard glowing faded green Rain kept drawing crooked rivers Across everything I'd seen I turned the dial past gospel Past a preacher selling grace Then somewhere underneath the static I could almost hear your name I hadn't thought about that summer Hadn't let myself that far But memory don't need permission When you're alone inside a car

Refrain Dead radio Nothing coming through Just miles of empty frequency And pieces left of you Dead radio Still calling from somewhere I turned it off three towns ago You're somehow still in there

Verse 2 At mile ninety-seven A voice broke through again Sounded like my father's singing From before I knew him then Then Mama laughing in the kitchen Then my brother at sixteen Then every door I ever closed And every place I'd ever been I hit the brakes beside the shoulder Killed the lights and let it play Nothing but the rain came back Nothing had a thing to say Funny. When you finally want an answer— even the ghosts go quiet. Dead radio Black highway underneath Every voice I couldn't keep Still riding here with me Dead radio No tower, no reply Just static where the living were And headlights in the night

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