Long Ride

"I recently had the experience of meeting a young man who was terminally ill. He didn't tell me that, someone else did but once i knew I found that it was all that I could think about as I shared a beer with him and his wife. I wrote this on the way home from that encounter."

I had a dream you drove a cadillac
I sat beside you with my feet up on the dash
the stars were shining we were high as hell
we were dying but you couldn't tell
if you only would have dreamed the same dream too
maybe then you wouldn't worry what we're coming to

So come on Baby roll the windows down
think about all of the good friends you have found
when you're gone they're gonna drink to you
raise their voices up and sing for you
you say your life has been a study of goodbye
Oh but Honey can't you feel your hand in mine?

You're afraid of the pavement ending before sunrise
but it was only ever light bending behind your eyes
it was only a dream you had to beleve
so you could keep between the lines
this is goodnight not goodbye
we're in it for the long ride

So when we meet up in the sky so blue
will you remember I was good to you?
will you remember all the times I let you down
can you admit it doesn't really matter now?
if life is just a study of goodbye
tell me Darling what we're doing here tonight

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