Counting The Miles

from A Quick Walk With Me (2007) by Dan Frechette

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3. Countin the Miles

She's got a hole in her heart that keeps growing out everyday and the money's rolling in but inside it ain't turning that way she's got dreams to be destiny's child
but there ain't no fun in diggin when you're running wild
and there's a soft cold promise that is whispered at the end of the day.

She's got two fat children and she just can't afford to eat.
and there's a catwalk waiting everytime that she hits the street. and the whistles ain't paying her spiritual bills
and she's living on wits and empty thrills
and there ain't a future coming there's a past chained onto her feet

and she's counting the miles - counting the miles wearing down the edges of her wheels
counting the miles - and the bigger her pride
is the better and the worse that she feels.

She's got two stops to go and then she's back on her own drowning her trouble and looking to be solid gone
and the man ain't sent her no cheque
she's been getting good at saying "hey what the heck
there ain't a grease money who is gonna take me on no more."

she's gonna get straight cause there just ain't no other way there's just hell on earth for the people who just don't pay she's got a busted down 89 cherokee
and she's bought a little gas and she says to me
"honey you know I'm sick of just running away".

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from A Quick Walk With Me (2007), released October 24, 2007

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