The Race

Where the skylights meet the highway Where the rubber meets the road Hell in my rearview mirror And my mind on overload Can’t outrun the ticking clock Or distance myself from destiny Spun out in the middle of my life By the reckless heart inside of me Drag myself from under this wreckage Can’t say I feel no pain Only a matter of moments I’ll be In another hit and run again Speeding cars they never stop Just because you forfeit the race Clear the track and they go round again A faster car to take your place This blur of life makes me slam my breaks I was never built for speed Cut the nitrous and the adrenaline There’s something more that I need Calling out over the roar of the engines Shut the door and throw out the key Walk away from this race to nowhere There’s a better path that waits for me TL Boehm 02/15/14

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