Hi, Beth (hi, babe) Oh, I was just callin' ya to chat with ya I'm prolly gonna have to get up At the buttcrack of dawn tomorrow (why?) Oh, I hear Patsy backed out on ya tomorrow Is she- (why you told mommy we keep her?) Dammit, John (hm?) I lost that frickin' steel line (ugh), shit! (Okay, it's alright) Go fuckin' find it (ah, shit, I'm lookin', man) Ha-ha, fuck (see I told you my head don't work right) Yeah, you don't have to tell me that I'm in the car, I just needed to clear my head She's in the house with the baby cryin' on the bed She's got this thing where she puts up the walls so high It doesn't matter how much you love It doesn't matter how hard you try We got a place with a fence and a little grass I put this film on the windows, and it looks like chapel glass But when she turns, it's like the shadow of the cross don't cast No blessin' over our lonely life It's like waiting for a train to pass, I don't know when it'll pass But I remember when she used to set the room on fire With her eyes, swear to God It's like a flood of grief and sorrow from a haunted life When she cries like a train, it's a lot I dropped a line to a flickerin' high school flame We laughed about all the ways that our lives had changed She's up the road, about 35 miles north Got two little boys in school, just had a real bad divorce And in a moment of weakness I told her if she ever needed a helping hand I would lend, swear to God It's like the part of me that's screamin' not to jump gets lost In the sound of the train, it's a lot Tryin' hard Not to care Swear to God I'm in the car outside I'm in the car outside I'm in the car outside I'm in the car outside