She's Never Coming Home

She's Never Coming Home

On a two lane Nevada back road

The morning painting up the dawn

She met up with Eternity

And he bribed her gypsy soul

She wouldn't leave a road untraveled

Couldn't leave a dream unturned

Risk was just tuition for a lesson to be learned

With youth as her insurance 

A tender heart as her passport

Sights  unseen her religion

Lives she touched it's reward.

She's never comin home.

Fate demanded payment 

before showing her the route

So she paid the toll her most precious gift

Her life that hadn't bared it's fruit.

Death handed her  a road map

He pointed toward the stars.

The breeze rustled her angel wings

And she thanked him with a smile

His face twisted in confusion

He thought he made a righteous deal

It was her that reaped the profit

Nirvana now revealed

She laughed at death 

I got a bargain because nothing ever ends

There's only new beginnings

And a chance to make new friends

She's never coming home.

She whispered papi don't you worry

Sweet mama please don't grieve

There is just someplace else somewhere

That I need to be

She embraced her pirate spirit

And turned her sails into the wind 

Then set off on a journey 

Another place she's never been

Highway ninety five Nevada 

milepost thirteen 

At sunrise if you listen close

You can hear her sing

Live your dreams

You've got to live your dreams.

She's never coming home.

©2004