#SongLyricSunday ♪ “One Headlight” – The Wallflowers

It took me awhile to settle on a good song for this week. I had plenty to choose from, but they were all from bands that I’ve already posted recently and also they were mostly heavier rock tracks and after Rocktoberfest, I think I’d like to show everyone that I’ve got a lot more going on in my music collection than just that. Of course, I didn’t want to go to the furthest extreme by posting Eminem’s “Beautiful”, but it was a contender for a moment. Make sure you hop on over to Helen’s blog, This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time to join in the fun or check out all of the other song picks for today, there’s always an eclectic variety!

This week’s theme is: Listen

I went a little off track and used Listened, instead, but I think that’s close enough. We’re taking a small step back into the late 90’s for this week’s pick. I’ve loved this song from the second it hit the airwaves and still crank it up when it comes round on the shuffle. It’s one of those songs that’s melancholy in a thought-provoking way, yet set to a tune that makes you want to tap your feet. I love multi-talented tracks like that. There’s just something magical about the combination of creative lyrics and that alternative/southern rock melody. Plus, Jakob Dylan is not hard to look at by any means! And no, that’s not a coincidence, he really is the son of Bob Dylan. Enjoy!

So long ago, I don’t remember when
That’s when they say I lost my only friend
Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
As I listened through the cemetery trees

I seen the sun comin’ up at the funeral at dawn
The long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste, she always had a pretty face
So I wondered why she hung around this place

Hey, come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There’s got to be something better than
In the middle
Me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight

She said it’s cold
It feels like Independence Day
And I can’t break away from this parade
But there’s got to be an opening
Somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed

And I seen the sun up ahead at the county line bridge
Sayin’ all there’s good and nothingness is dead
We’ll run until she’s out of breath
She ran until there’s nothin’ left
She hit the end, it’s just her window ledge

Hey, come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There’s got to be something better than
In the middle
But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight

Well this place is old
It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn’t turn
Well it smells of cheap wine, cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I’d like to watch it burn

I’m so alone and I feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain’t changed, but I know I ain’t the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin’ dreams
I think her death that must be killin’ me

Hey, hey hey come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There’s got to be something better than
In the middle
But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight

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Songwriters: Jakob Dylan
Lyrics found on Google
One Headlight – Radio Edit lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

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