Raindrops run the gauntlet, horizontal, hurrying to- Their shadow snakes slide weightless across my cheek and throat Piercing through the glass pane On the back of The bus I was coming to some new destination Or running from the same old scene? I don’t know Which way I go The engine drives with no notice of The unrest - Dressed in my skin . And that rain - In rivulets - They sliver ; in hushed whispers , They splinter. Such was Some splendor. The miles the miles the miles how many Maybe I don’t remember. Maybe it makes no matter…. The wheels peel thin layers Of their thick rubber hides We’re down To the metal bones- Sparks at the concrete soul of the road It is a load I can’t weather When all the good people want to do Is asleep another hour or two 2 AM and I’m sitting with The world in the seat And the demon, he’s Driving… Driving headlong into Every lone thought I’m the wreck I have wrought. Only a mess of memories; You’re asleep, In the comfort of the country No quill to question of where Your next bed will be Every bed is your belonging, baby- Belonging- It’s my only longing…. I’ve been so long gone All my ideals were wrong This isn’t a song I won’t sing a Single line Just got to get past this Passion of mine Honey, I can’t come Home this time. And the rains in Rivulets, they sliver In hushed whispers, the splinter. Such was Some splendor. The miles the miles the miles the miles How many? Maybe I don’t remember Maybe it makes no matter…. The truth is, I’ve gone and wrote… Gone and wrote One more lonely Melancholy Ode, my lady…. Melodic country tune Sitting on a bus Back to Memphis. This wasn’t supposed To end up Just some other Nursery rhyme for the Insomniac to Home himself to sleep Riding on down the rail….. But what can I do? It’s just what Came to me…. I wish you’d Come To me, Too. But you don’t come- just the endless racing, raindrops rushing there’s zigzag pats, disappearing this way in that soon as they shatter on that clear dead end. - a glass house I — Stoned, I throw these stone songs in.. And the rain, in rivulets, they sliver; In hush whispers, they splinter- Such was Some splendor. The miles to miles to miles to miles to miles How many? So many I surely don’t remember. Maybe it makes no matter….