Back Road Tar

Under the altar I'll set my sights
The cadaverous glow of the liquor store lights
The mid-town zombies on the merciless curb
To the truck stop candy on the interstate dirge
There's a lone wolf waiting
She's a witch and ya oughta know

Midnight passage, unspeakable rites
Desert damnation, nothing to lose
Living down here under her boots
Erasing the memory, erasing the proof

She's a real bad liar
She's a witch and ya oughta know

Take her down on the back road
Take her down where nobody goes
She's in the trunk, I'm at the wheel
The longer I drive, the less I feel
I'm the freeway shaman
She's a witch and ya oughta know

I'm the freeway shaman
She's a witch and ya oughta know
There's a lone wolf waiting
In a ditch where the smoke tree grows

I know she'll never be seen
Beneath the precious ravine
I'll leave her sleeping on back road tar