One Headlight

So long ago, I don't remember when
That's when they say I lost my only friend
They said she died easy, of a broken heart disease
As I listen through the cemetery trees

I see the sun coming up at the funeral at dawn
The long broken arm of human love
Now it always seemed such a waste
She always had a pretty face
So I wondered how she hung around this place
Ooh

Come on, try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than
In the middle
But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home, oh
With one headlight

She said it's cold, it feels like Independence Day
And I can't break away from this parade
But there's got to be an opening somewhere
Here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
And I see the sun up ahead at the county line bridge
Saying all is good and nothing else is dead
You run until she's out of breath
She ran until there's nothing left
She hit the end, it's just her window ledge
Ooh

Come on, try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than
In the middle
But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home, oh
With one headlight

This place is old, it feels just like a beat-up truck
I turn the engine but the engine doesn't turn
What smells of cheap wine, cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn

I'm so alone, I feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain't change, but I know I ain't the same
But somewhere here in between
The city walls and dying dreams
I think of death and must be killing me

Come on, try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than
In the middle
But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home, oh
With one headlight