Max Garcia Conover - Gone

gone

she said i’ll take you to the coast
lake erie buffalo
we can watch the fireworks keep each other laughing through it all

all the whistle in the reeds
all the thundercrack heat
her and i in the dark everybody else the enemy

and they were coming on
singing their old songs

it’s a born again town
it’s a barn burning down
sheep on the stall side foaming at the edges of their mouths

they were coming on
singing their old songs

and we were gone
sleeping on a bus
sun just coming up
geese of canada
cliff edge road swung river winding we were gone
through the ragweed
half staggering
just her and me
hallelujah crack of dawn morning came we were gone

all rain into toronto
gray water in the throttle
we said goodbye to cary ann caught a ride with cattle to chicago

we never got where we were going
or maybe did and didn’t know it
like sparks on a line of hay shining all the way to the explosion

and they were coming on
singing their old songs

and we were gone
when they looked for her
in the megachurch
we were long gone hollering up to god what you got we don’t want
through the ragweed
half staggering
just her and me
hallelujah waking up morning on a high cold dawn
dew frozen on the lawn
we were working on
throat dry crackle eyed
four claw track of dogs
her and i hearts wide
high tide coming on

sleeping on a bus
sun just coming up
geese of canada
cliff edge road swung river winding we were gone
through the ragweed
falling gladly
writing our songs
hallelujah crack of dawn morning came we were gone