One to Wander

You can go west, you can go south
Grow out your sideburns, open a pawn shop
Close it at five and lick every lock

You can take a train, you can take a bus
Greyhound has discounts for heartbroken mutts
Swear off the downers, start a new band
Hello I don't know you I swear we'll be friends

Oh you can't shake
What you can't shake
Nothing will stay
To get it to stay

And are you one to wander
Wander with much regret
And are you one to wonder
What you can carry and fit
And what you can drop
In some lonely spot
And say that you'll never
Forget

Back to the piñon, back to the live oak
Pack up the rain in the smell of your coat
And promise to write, promise to call
Buy a new lighter and forget them all

But why do I keep that matchbook, you asked
If I always brag about blowing up the past
Why did I keep that gun in my trunk?
Why did I only bury the one?

Oh you can't shake
What you can't shake
Nothing will stay
To get it to stay

Are you one to wander?
Wander with much regret
And are you one to wonder
What you can carry and fit
And what you can drop
In some lonely spot
And say that you'll never
Forget

Are you one to hang up
Are you one to construct
A new heart for every zipcode
A new heart for every zipcode
A new heart for every zipcode

And what did you drop
In some lonely spot
And say you
Were happy
To know