Blue lights in the mirror Two units behind I’m sitting here alone now With a hundred things in mind Hands upon the steering wheel Engine running low One officer has got my name And nowhere else to go Waiting on the roadside Watching through the glass Every second feels like ten Every minute will not pass What did I do? What do they know? Why are there two cars? Why won’t they let me go? Blue lights in the rearview Flashing through the night My mind is running everywhere Though I know I’m doing right Blue lights in the rearview Heart is beating slow I’m sitting here just waiting For somebody to say go One stands by his cruiser Reading through my name The other watches silently And nothing feels the same I think about my taillights I think about my speed I think of every foolish thing A nervous mind can dream Then Unit One comes walking Slowly toward my door He taps upon the window I can’t breathe anymore “Step outside the car, sir.” My feet touch down below I hear the other radio But I don’t know what it knows Blue lights in the rearview Flashing through the night My mind is running everywhere Though I know I’m doing right Blue lights in the rearview Heart is beating slow I’m standing there just waiting For somebody to say go Maybe they mistook me For someone on the run Maybe something happened Maybe I’m the one Maybe there’s a warrant I never even knew Maybe— “Hold on, Officer… I think we’re finally through.” Unit Two calls over From beside the road He closes up the laptop And looks toward us both “He’s clear.” “He’s good to go.” The whole world starts to breathe again My heart comes down below I climb back in the driver’s seat And pull onto the road Never thought five little words Could lift that heavy load Blue lights in the rearview Growing faint and low My hands are finally steady And I’m free to turn and go Blue lights in the rearview Disappearing slow I laugh and tell myself again “He’s good… He’s good to go.”
