You see it in the distance It was always in your mind And it beckons like a beacon Through the bitter taste of night And you want to travel to it But the madness keeps you blind He says he needs you
All along the highway Past a hundred exit signs With your sweater and your make-up And the cut above your eye He’s got more magic up his sleeve And he won’t stop till you believe He needs you
Twenty dollar bills inside your pocket Twenty ways to live that life you wanted
Sitting at a counter You’re a stranger with no name You’re not a part of anything No story to explain Why all your wasted stabs at love You threw them all away Because he needs you
Twenty dollar bills inside your pocket Twenty ways to end up where you started
You pull out of the truck stop Sound of gravel on the wheel A left turn takes you anywhere A right turn makes you kneel With a letter in your duffel bag Saying good-bye is such a drag It bleeds you
Twenty dollar bills inside your pocket Twenty times he’ll call you You can’t stop it
You see it in the distance It was always in your mind And it beckons like a beacon Through the bitter taste of night If you make it by the break of dawn He’ll hardly know that you’ve been gone He needs you