Bus Stop West

Bus Stop West
Bus Stop West

Factory whistle at six-thirty
Monthly pass inside my coat
We keep saying we'll leave here
Like saying it can buy the road
No car, no savings, two bad jobs
One rented room above a store
You draw cities on the classifieds
I count what rent takes first

Dreaming together is easy
Leaving costs exact money

Bus Stop West, one ticket in my hand
Bus Stop West, not how we made the plan
Leaving together was the dream we used to share
Bus Stop West, I have to get out of here

Job call comes on Wednesday
One opening three states away
They can cover my first week's room
But there's only one place paid
You say wait until we both can go
I hear my mother's old life speak
Every year somebody waited
Till waiting turned into a decade

Bus Stop West, one ticket in my hand
Bus Stop West, not how we made the plan
Leaving together was the dream we used to share
Bus Stop West, I have to get out of here

I love you enough to hate this choice
But love can't become a chain
Leaving together was the dream; leaving alive became the plan
That monthly transit pass told the story

Bus Stop West, sunrise on the glass
Bus Stop West, I'm letting hometown pass
Leaving together was the dream; leaving alive became the plan
Bus Stop West, one ticket in my hand

Bus Stop West