Red Shale

Red Shale

Red Shale in my pocket, prairie thunder overhead
And I can taste the blood from the words I never said
Always saying hello when I'm feeling goodbye
Smiling at you when I'm dying inside
Saying yes when my heart says no
Still hanging around when I know it's time to go.

Red shale in my pocket, it's a trophy of my memories
My heart has been that flaking stone
'Til there was nothing left of me
Always saying hello when I'm feeling goodbye
Smiling at you when I'm dying inside
Saying yes when my heart says no
Still hanging around when I know its time to go.

We park the car near the rockies
In that field of stone I weep for all the innocence that's buried
Where the town of Frank still sleeps
I take the red shale from my pocket
I add to them my stone of shame
They offer me their innocence and a place to start again
No more saying hello when I'm feeling goodbye
Smiling at you when I'm dying inside
Saying yes when my heart says no
Not hanging around when I know it's time to go.