We'll Figure It out in Time

I've been walking through the desert
I've been wandering that open road
I've crawled past the snakes and the Joshua trees
And it's been sixty long hours and I'm still not home

I see you lying there, darling
I see you broken in that hospital bed
And the baby's by your side, and he's not mine
He's got the same birthmark your coach did on the back of his head

But I feel fine
I'd do it all again in a heartbeat
He's not my blood but I think that we'll figure it out in time

I've been crying in the darkness
Under cover of that big black sky
The desert's all the same, and the places and the names
Start to fade into the distance with the passing time

And now the sun burns at my hairline
She sits amongst the injured cops and insurance men
She asked what I did with the gun, and I said that it's already done
I killed him stone dead, and I'd fuckin' do it again

And I feel fine
Damn, I didn't know if I had it in me
It's not my blood on these hands, so we can figure it out in time
Yeah, we'll figure it out in time

While you were sleeping with the baby
While you were sleeping off the tire marks
I got a plane ticket back home and I called ol' coach up on the phone
And I got my gun and met him in the fields in County Clark

I can see it now in front of me
I can see his orange '69 Charger pulling up to the field
We talked for a little while, and he was leaving with a smile
Then I pulled my pistol
And sprayed his chest all over his front wheels

And I tried
But I couldn't help myself, and I took his keys
So we can sell that car for cash, and it'll all work out just fine
Yeah, we can figure it out in time

Getting back here was hard, though
I got a train back to Nevada but that's all we could afford
So I hitchhiked 'cross a state or two
And I thanked the man when he was through
I'm walking a couple miles to be back 'fore you wake up

And now I'm almost back to you, girl
As the sweat drips down my brow to the back of my neck
There's not much left to say, and I'm so far outside L.A
Though I can start to see the mansions and the pool house decks

And he's all mine
I'm not his father but I'll always be his daddy
He's not my blood but I love him so we'll figure it out in time

Go

Yeah, we'll figure it out in time
Yeah, we'll figure it out in time
Yeah, we'll figure it out in time
Yeah, we'll figure it out in time
Yeah, we'll figure it out in time
Yeah, we'll figure it out in time