ST ELMO'S MOTEL

There were so many candles on your birthday cake
The smoke alarm went off
The sun was like hell fire
On the wall was Jesus on his cross

There was a moment that passed when a jet flew by
And the room lay still with violence
You called me a goddamned liar
We sat on that bed in silence

You can drive for fourteen hours
And you won't be outta Texas
You can live to be a hundred
And I won't be outta you

There was a song we sang on summer nights
There was splendor in the grass
Regrets and promises
Waiting ahead in the past

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There were so many things that I wanted to say
So I said nothing at all
I tried to buy you flowers
But everything was closed at the mall

There was a motorcycle's distant roar
When I turned the TV on
You said switch the channel
And when I turned around you were gone

Chorus