I didn't wrap my head in roses
I didn't run screaming down the street
I didn't drive off jagged cliffs

Or dive in roaring seas

I broke no cage door open

I set no horses free
The day the girl at the drive-thru window
Softly smiled at me


Actually I did nothing
As she handed me a large ice tea

An extra packet of ketchup
A small bag of onion rings


I didn't even smile back at her
Just pulled into the street
Searching my rear view mirror

To catch her eyes on me

'Cause there were cars behind me and I had somewhere else to be


Down the street I saw an old man
Eating as he drove

Running over empty cans
Lying in the road


But the billboards near the highway
Were full of singing birds
And the trees were blooming green

In their little squares of dirt

Every dog chained in every yard

Was howling with me
But, I didn't even smile back at her
I just pulled into the street


'Cause there were cars behind me and I had somewhere else to be