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Left the key on a plastic chair
I didn't feel much and I didn't care 
Rode the lines like a runaway flame 
Left my shadow in the breakdown lane

She said you were never really here
And somehow that was worse than fear
She said you disappear when the lights get near

She said you don't belong to anyone here 
I just kept moving and didn't explain 
That kind of truth don't leave a name

I didn't speak
I lit a smoke
The light turned red
And then I broke

Filled the tank off a desert ramp 
Wiped the ash from a road torn map 
Drove past towns that I didn't name 
Every sign just looked the same

I didn't flinch
I took a hit
Still heard echoes I can't quit

Broken down in a desert town
My throat is dry and no one's around
I'm hearing voices hearing sounds
I once was lost and now I'm found
Mirages in the desert don't desert me now
I'm lost in the desert
Water me down

Counted cash and a couple regrets 
Wrote her name I'm trying to forget 
Left a note in a dinner booth 
Said nothing much just scratched the truth

Saw that flame in my rearview mirror 
Thought of nights that I hold dear  
Half a song on the dashboard played 
And every word just slipped away

She said you disappear when the lights get near
She said you don't belong to anyone here
I just kept moving and didn't explain 
That kind of truth don't leave a name

I didn't speak
I lit a smoke
The light turned red
And then I broke

Mirages in the desert don't desert me now
I'm lost in the desert
Water me down

You don't leave clean and you don't leave slow 
You just forget which way to go 
If I'm still gone when the light turns red 
Just know I meant the words I said

She said you disappear when the lights gets near
She said you don't belong to anyone here
So I just kept moving and I didn't explain 
That kind of truth don't leave a name