Needles

There ain't no working payphone here in Needles
They said as if it was needless to say
With the look of an Eskimo who’s been asked for tuxedos
Or the way you glared at me the other day

Leaving California ain't so easy
When you leave your future with your past
But the flag I fly this time is not surrender
It's the freedom flag that I fly at half mast

Why did I have a daughter
If I didn’t wanna cry
Its like dousing with water
The very thing that I want dry

Dreaming of your life without your heart’s pulse
Sure can throw you off in desert heat
Severing your ties and making love to lies
Brings cowardice, regret, and foul deceit

I tried to be a good dad
I tried for Christ's sake
I tried not to be so bad
And I'm trying to make this song stay mostly fake

There ain't no working payphone here in Needles
And as it happens those words sure fall true
So I'll use this payphone that don't work here in Needles
And take this opportunity to not call you
Yeah I'll take this opportunity to not call you