One Way Trip on a Dark Two-Lane

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One Way Trip on a Dark Two-LaneWinding canyon highway, shadow trees and shining starsempty whiskey bottle, lost soul in a weaving carwhisp'ring in his mem'ries, there lurks a woman's facesomehow in the darkness, she haunts a familiar placeand it's a one way trip on a dark two-lanea one way trip on a dark two-laneher betrayal crushed him, how could she be so cruelwhen he took to the bottle, it took him for a foollike that lonely highway, their love had hills and bendsand where their love started, is where it would endit's a one way trip on a dark two-lanelove is a two-way street, so he must share the blameonce you start down that roadthere's no coming backyour heart fades to bluethen your soul fades to blackon a one way trip on a dark two-lanethey found his old Nova, wrapped around a treeas the sun was rising, they fin'lly towed it freethey saw he was doomed by, an arrow through the heartcos carved in that old oak, were two names in the barkit was a one way trip on a dark two-lanelove is a two-way street, so he must share the blameonce you start down that roadthere's no coming backyour heart fades to bluethen your soul fades to blackon a one way trip on a dark two-lane(c)2004 Robert George