always.....or don't fall in love with a rockstar

i invested in
expensive cell
service
i dial and text
from the
tenderloin to
denmark
i do all that i can
to call you
love, i do
but the road always calls you first

i spend saturdays
catching up on my
correspondence
spend hours and
hours pacing
round my apartment
left messages with
the hotel staff
i do all that i can
to reach you
love, i do
but the road always reaches you first

the road
bastardly maze
stained with the tiretracks
of another’s lover
always givin’ it away for free
the road,
Paved whore
thief of my heart
as i die of thirst, it always calls you first
it always calls first

summer in the bay
always foggy damp and grey
and i itch in this skin,
drive all night to
get to LA but
the road woke you early again
i do what i can do
to get to you
love, i do
but the road
it always calls first