The Mechanic's Life

The Mechanic's Life - Richmond Fontaine

My dad got sick so I moved back to town

Month after month it started grinding me down

I should have just stayed away

He never liked me anyway

Even when he was sick

There are so many churches here

And it's always raining and

At home no one says anything at all

And what ain't seen

Is how to be when you feel like

You've been set in concrete

I can't stop thinking about you and the way

You were on the phone that night

Your voice suddenly fell apart with the sound

Of his truck coming home

You said once we both had eyes that were dying

But maybe we we ain't dying

Maybe we're just meant to be

It's all a wreck and we both know it's true

But what if you could leave with me and

I could leave with you too

It ain't always wrong to give up and run