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Tail Lights
J. P. Riemens/Elizabeth Hill (SOCAN) (1994)

She knows the sun sets in the west, But in her mind, she doesn't see it that way,
It sits in the corn field like an egg in a nest,
And that's something, I guess, only a dreamer would say.
She never dreamed that it would end this way, She never even saw it coming,
She watched the tail lights of his Chevrolet, pull around the corner,
like it never meant nothin'.

She made a solemn vow, She wouldn't break right down,
Start singin' "Love Me Tender" and "Fall To Pieces",
Now when she sees that western sky, The only pictures in her mind,
Are Tail Lights, Sunsets, Goodbye.

She goes to work behind a mask, If someone should ask, She talks about the weather, She puts her all towards the task, and most of the time, It doesn't matter,
She knows that whiskey wishes won't ever change the past,
Who gives a damn, anyway?
She smashes down another empty glass,
For the loves that don't last and the games people play.

She made a solemn vow, She wouldn't break right down,
Start singin' "Love Me Tender" and "Fall To Pieces",
Now when she sees that western sky,
The only pictures in her mind,
Tail Lights, Sunsets, Goodbye.

One day she'll put out the candle, She keeps burning for him,
Unlock the dream inside her heart and start all over again.

She made a solemn vow, She wouldn't break right down,
Start singin' "Love Me Tender" and "Fall To Pieces",
She made a solemn vow, She wouldn't break right down,
Start singin' "Love Me Tender" and "Fall To Pieces"
Now when she sees that western sky, The only picture in her mind,
Tail Lights, Sunsets, Goodbye.