Red Eyes

Style: #industrial #deltablues #garagerock Lyrics: red eyes I left town with a cracked rear light and a bottle rolling under the seat the radio coughed up a preacher’s voice then died on the side of the beat There was smoke where the bridge used to be there was rain in my right-hand shoe and every sign said turn back now so I did what I always do red eyes I kept moving with my jaw locked shut kept laughing at the shape I’m in got a heart like a junkyard dog and a grin full of gasoline And I don’t need a holy road I don’t need a clean way through I just need the night to crack and something ugly to sing to Look back. Red eyes in the rearview dust in my teeth one hand on the wheel one foot underneath Red eyes in the rearview laughing at the lines if the devil wants a ride he can wait his turn behind HEY! RED EYES! HEY! STILL DRIVING! red eyes red eyes I met a saint at a gas station selling matches in the rain said, “son, you look half haunted” I said, “yeah, but I like the pain” He had a tattoo of a burning church and a laugh like a broken amp said, “don’t go chasing salvation, boy, just learn how to dance in the damp” red eyes So I paid him with my last loose coin and he gave me a cigarette said, “you’ll never outrun the bad old days” I said, “maybe I ain’t done with them yet” Every mile got a mouth full of dirt every dream got kicked in the ribs but there’s a song in the engine cough and it sounds like wanting to live Kick it open. Red eyes in the rearview dust in my teeth one hand on the wheel one foot underneath Red eyes in the rearview laughing at the lines if the devil wants a ride he can wait his turn behind HEY! RED EYES! HEY! STILL DRIVING! Maybe I’m not running maybe I’m the chase maybe every wreck I passed was just wearing my face Maybe I’m the warning painted on the wall maybe I’m the rabbit that never learned to fall red eyes red eyes in the rearview red eyes in the rearview red eyes in the rearview red eyes in the rearview red eyes in the rearview red eyes in the rearview I got no map I got no proof I got red eyes and a blown-out roof Red eyes in the rearview dust in my teeth one hand on the wheel one foot underneath Red eyes in the rearview laughing at the lines if the devil wants a ride he can wait his turn behind Red eyes in the rearview blood on the moon we ain’t getting better but we’re getting there soon HEY! RED EYES! HEY! STILL DRIVING! HEY! RED EYES! HEY! STILL ALIVE! red eyes red eyes red eyes in the rearview