dar williams
road buddy
We passed the stores, we passed the hotels  Filled our car with gasoline  We drove that night, I saw the moon  Almost got us in an accident  And then at the rest stop  When that woman tried to steal my wallet   It felt like an adventure  Isn't that what you would call it?  Isn't that what you would call it?  You're my road buddy, but I'm lonely all the time  I thought we'd be joking, having long talks on late night drives   But you drive so bad I lost my patience  So pass the chips and turn the station  This is not a romance with the road  Where the moss grows up the trees  To where the bird is rusty   I thought we'd find each story like a snakeskin or an arrowhead  But we only stop at fast food places  They hate their jobs, I understand   They try to act familiar, but they're floating just above the land  And we are all floating  You're my road buddy, but I'm lonely all the time   I thought we'd show that friendship could be stronger than the crossroads double back  I thought I heard the Tori sing, I'll take that thing I  This is not a romance with the road   In those cliffs are the same as in the magazines I have at home  And the tall grass reminds me of the same dreams I had at home I thought life was a road and I wanted to begin it  I said, my friend and I going on a trip so I could only stop a minute  We go to the venting machines I want to watch these kids with their mother  Sipping on their juice boxes and smiling at each other And maybe that's their Dad on the phone Saying, hey Mom, you couldn't wait, go ahead, have dinner 'Cause we're running just a little late  But we're on our way   Road buddy, road buddy, I heard about the boxcars and the family of travelers  But there's real estate sides in the cornfields  I know there's love, I bet there's trouble  But you just can't spend a lifetime on the road   And there's something I finally faced  I finally think I come from some place  This is not a romance with the road