Signal 30 I-5

Just outside of Bakersfield shortly after three AM
CHP comes on the scene, debris is scattered all around
A vehicle is upside down totally engulfed in flames
What was once a man is now just a memory

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The biggest storm to hit these parts
In many years is barring down
Gale force winds and driving rain
Make road conditions treacherous
An eighteen-wheeler on its way to San Francisco from LA
A tired old man pulled to the side to change a tire in the rain

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Screeching tires breaking glass
Twisting metal meats flesh and bone
Screams of anguish from searing pain
Bloody asphalt, oozing brains
Wreckage scattered down the road
Mangled corpses in the weeds
Drunk driver crossed the line, fatal error, game over

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Cocktails at Harris Ranch, pain medication kicking in
Just a few more miles to go, a nice warm bed, a good night sleep
It feels so nice to close your eyes and drift away upon a cloud
As your car veers off the road and plows into an old oak tree

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