It Gets Me Gone

[good4somethingbum]

It Gets Me GoneI think of why she left me, in a lonely evening chillIt’s easy to retrace her steps, when I’ve been standin’ stillMy poor mind starts looping, playin’ an endless tapeOf alibis and mem’ries, I’m tryin’ to escapeSo I pick up some cheap stuff that burns me goin’ downBut it’s got a kick and I’m gone in a blurry cloudCos it gets me gone and rarely steers me wrongSo I drink another fifth, when I’m in a rushIt makes me grind my teeth but comes through in a clutchThough it ain’t Chivas Regal, when my eyes are watery n redIt takes me to a place that helps me to forgetIt ain’t smooth but it’s strong and it gets me goneWhen I come down from drinkin’, it drops me home in the darkLove leaves the kind of baggage, even rotgut can’t carry farGuess I’ll hop in my old Ford, point it toward some rural routeKick the dashboard and I’m gone in a dusty cloudIt’s smokin’ down the two-lane, burnin’ oil n gasThey say there’s no place like home, but I’d rather go nowhere fastCos it gets me gone and rarely steers me wrongIt roars goin’ into fifth, when I’m in a rushGrindin’ gears up a mountain, it comes through in a clutchThough it sure ain’t no Caddy, it leaks water and runs in the redIt can take me somewhere that helps me to forgetIt ain’t smooth but it’s strong and it gets me gone©2007 Robert George