I'm Leaving In The Morning

from Whisper & Shimmer IV: "Songs From Spare Rooms" by Justin Farren

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I’m Leaving in the morning
I packed my blue bag while you were sleeping
I’m headed up through Oregon
To see what can be seen from where I’ll stand
I changed the oil the plugs and wires
Checked the timing and the tires
Bought a map of the western states
The Obama books on tape
From which I learned
that there’s an art to knowing where to place your weight
I’ve been tooling along
Like that old Charlie Daniels song
And drinking too much coffee to pass the time
And as if to confirm that
Sometimes it’s the water, not the bridge that burns
They took my bag of oranges at the Washington line
Tacoma was a joke
It was like they couldn’t even hear me
Until I played the sound of silence way too loud
From which I learned that irony is lost
On a drinking crowd

In Bellingham I ran into old friends
Who talked about Alaska and made me smile
And when we parted ways
I parked outside the place I’d played
And walked around downtown until the light
And I thought about the day
That I heard Dylan say
To choose wisely those with whom you share your dream
And the interviewer fell out of her chair
And the words took wing and broke through the tv screen
Flew right into me

All the way back home I wrestled with the radio
Fading in and out
Like the towns and the tanks of gas
Another grain of sand in this hourglass
Through which more will fall
And the best that I can hope
Is to see them as they pass

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from Whisper & Shimmer IV: "Songs From Spare Rooms", released October 22, 2021

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