I Saw Your Car

I Saw Your Car
I Saw Your Car

Pharmacy parking lot at six
Dented hatchback by the curb
Same crooked bumper, same gray paint
My whole body knows it first
I see two people through the window
One leans close, one starts to laugh
I tell myself I couldn't care less
Then circle once around the back

I Saw Your Car, or thought I did
I Saw Your Car and lost my head a bit
My heart recognized a dent before my eyes knew the plate
I Saw Your Car, and found out I still ache
I Saw Your Car, or thought I did

I get close enough to read it
Different state, different little tag
Driver turns, completely stranger
I start laughing in the bag
All that anger had no target
Still it came out right on cue
Maybe I'm less over us
Than I like telling people I do

You weren't even in the parking lot
Still my body built the scene
My heart recognized a dent before my eyes recognized the plate
That familiar dented hatchback held the answer

I Saw Your Car, but it wasn't yours
I Saw Your Car, but it wasn't yours
I Saw Your Car, and opened one old door

My heart recognized a dent before my eyes recognized the plate

I Saw Your Car, but it wasn't yours
I Saw Your Car, but it wasn't yours
I Saw Your Car, now I understand what remains

I Saw Your Car