[Intro] we are making excellent time according to the guy who knows [Verse 1] seat twenty-four window which felt important when I booked it now I’ve been looking at the same fence for forty minutes not literally the same fence I understand how trains work there’s a kid three rows up asking where we are his dad said somewhere good answer [Pre-Chorus] we passed a town I didn’t catch the name looked populated congratulations [Chorus] we are making excellent time we are making excellent time eight hundred miles and nothing to report mountains on the left something industrial on the right we are making excellent time I have no idea where we are [Verse 2] brought a book page thirty-seven been on page thirty-seven since Nevada not because it’s difficult I just keep reading the same paragraph there’s a man across the aisle eating an orange he’s doing a really thorough job respect [Verse 3] somebody’s phone keeps making a noise not a ringtone more like ding-ding every six minutes I’ve started waiting for it … there it is nice [Pre-Chorus] another town water tower two churches a tire place gone [Chorus] we are making excellent time we are making excellent time the sun went down in a state I wasn’t watching now the windows just show me sitting here we are making excellent time apparently [Verse 4] dining car closes at nine I learned this at nine oh three had crackers six there were supposed to be eight I checked not because I’m upset I just think numbers should mean things [Fragment] the train stopped nobody got off nobody got on then we left huge day for that place [Verse 5] two seventeen in the morning everybody’s asleep except me and orange guy he doesn’t have another orange we made eye contact there’s nothing to say about that [Bridge] I thought traveling this far would feel like going somewhere but mostly it’s outlets neck pain and trying to figure out if that’s my reflection or somebody sitting behind me … it’s me good [Final Chorus] WE ARE MAKING EXCELLENT TIME WE ARE MAKING EXCELLENT TIME morning showed up somewhere around Colorado coffee tastes terrible best thing I’ve ever had WE ARE MAKING EXCELLENT TIME hundred miles left ninety-nine ninety-eight I stopped checking [Outro] seat twenty-four window felt important when I booked it … still kinda does
