Once Made Man
This is the story of a once made man
Who drove across the country in a topless van
He couldn’t drive straight, he turned left on red
And he never pulled over unless for bed
Two black dogs and a stutter and a dream
Of finding out whatever he was meant to be
It could be now but it should have been then
And it won’t stop eating him until he’s dead
He came from an average town you see
He wasn’t that much different from you and me
His life wasn’t small but it wasn’t big
So he hopped on the road to find something
Sees his world through his windshield glass
Cracked in some places and driving past
A field to his left and a city on his right
But he’s buckled in for another long night
And ohhh
He doesn’t know what he’s chasing
Each day he keeps facing the unknown
And ohhh
He blindly grows
With the winding road
Look at him fly, look at headlights pierce the snow
A long ways east of clear blue sky’s, but a short drive home
Anytime now but he lost his way, and who knows where he’ll be
[Where’s your company? Who is he takin’ on this ride?]
With me I don’t know
And ohhh
He doesn’t know what he’s chasing
Each day he keeps facing the unknown
And ohhh
He blindly grows
With the winding road
So ease yourself for me
Won’t you be so kind, to make me feel
A little less under pressure
In a lot of ways
I could fall here on this road to turn me loose
And send me back up to my home
But I won’t go
I will ride on strong
And ohhh
He doesn’t know what he’s chasing
Each day he keeps facing the unknown
And ohhh
He blindly grows
With the winding road
And ohhh
He doesn’t know what he’s chasing
Each day he keeps facing the unknown
And ohhh
He blindly grows
With the winding road