Speed Trap Town Songtext

von Jason Isbell

She said it's none of my business but it breaks my heart
Dropped a dozen cheap roses in my shopping cart
Made it out to the truck without breaking down
Everybody knows you in a speed trap town
It's a thursday night but theres a highschool game
Sneak a bottle up the bleachers and forget my name
These 5a bastards run a shallow cross
It's a boys last dream and a man's first loss
And it never did occur to me to leave til tonight
There's no one left to ask if i'm alright
I'll sleep untill im straight enough to drive
And decide
If there's anything that can't be left behind.
The doctor said daddy wouldn't make it a year
But the holidays are over and he's still here
How long can they keep you in the I.C.U
Veins through the skin like a faded tattoo.
Was a tough state trooper til' a decade back
When that girl who wasn't momma caused his heart attack
He didn't care about us when he was walkin around
Just pullin' women over in a speed trap town
But it never did occur to me to leave
Til Tonight
When I realised he'll never be alright
Sign my name and say my last goodbye
And decide
There's nothin' here that can't be left behind
Road got blurry when the sun came up
So I slept a couple hours in the pickup truck
Drank a cup of coffee by an Indian man
A thousand miles away from that speed trap town
A thousand miles away from that speed trap town.