Driving over the Mason-Dixon line,
we sang this song out-right.
It was a good day,
but it was a long time ago.
And I cry now sometimes
for your happiness
for your job
for your beard
for your girl.
And I think,
I didn't know myself,
but you did.
If I'd known myself,
I wouldn't be so distant.
If I'd known myself,
We might be driving right now,
the darkness of Harford County swallowing us
into the spooky rural farmscape.
We'd be singing, talking, laughing,
eating, drinking, snargling all night.
Life was happy,
though some nights alone awake were hard
and you'd kick the covers
and yell at me to not be afraid.
I want you to know,
you made me so happy.
That was never in question.
That's the truth and the meaning of our past.