Half Asleep at the Wheel
Lyrics
Green light, green light, gold then gone
The dashboard glow has got me raised
I don't remember merging on
But I've been cruising here for days
Or years, the signs all say the same
Next exit: same, last exit: same
And the radio plays a song I used to love
And I hum along to the memory of the flame
Mile after mile
No hands, no eyes
The road is smooth
That's how it lies
Half asleep
At the wheel
Cruise control
Can't feel
Miles go
Years steal
Wake me
Wake me
Wake me
There's a town I meant to stop in
There's a face I meant to hold
There's a version of me hitchhiking
Somewhere twenty exits old
And the car is warm, the seat remembers me
The autopilot's kind, it never asks
It just takes the years like toll roads
Small change, small change
Until the jar is glass
Mile after mile
Soft hum, low light
Comfort's a lane
That narrows at night
Half asleep
At the wheel
Cruise control
Can't feel
Miles go
Years steal
Wake me
Wake me
Wake me
Rumble strip
Under my hands
Whose hands
My hands
My hands
Ten and two
My road
Drive, drive, drive
Wide awake
At the wheel
Hands alive
Can feel
Miles mine
Years real
Watch me
Watch me
Watch me drive
Same highway
New driver
Next exit
Anywhere I want