Long Desert Train - Jason Molina

You used to love a lot of things

You used to love talking

This you never told me about

If it’s what your eyes were saying

I already figured it out

I could just tell it was bad

I couldn’t tell how bad

You never took off your shades

And you stayed like that for days

I guess your pain never weakened

Your cool blood started burning

Scorching most of us in the flames

But there are things you can’t change

There are things you can’t change

You called that the curse of a human’s life

That you couldn’t change

Said you’d never be old enough

Or young enough

Tall enough

Or thin enough

Or smart enough

Or brave enough

Rich enough

Pretty enough

Strong enough

Good enough

Well you were to us

You wanted silence by itself

Just the word

You wanted peace by itself

Just to learn

There were things you couldn’t change

You got the dull pounding rain

You got the last car in the long desert train

You almost made it

You almost made it again