To quote a great young poet 'Love is not a joke' I'm lighting up with smoke I pull onto the freeway Past and present tense Trying to make some sense As sunset fades again This twilight's dreams begin What happens in between The start and end Cause I look at myself in the rearview mirror Big hair and a broken bone I wonder out loud why it's hard to breathe Inside a world of smoke And what I could use is a touch of mascara Another name and a foreign home I want to cry but I'm prone to laughter Inside this rolling joke And miles they'll make you notice All you dream is real Spinning off your wheels I have a friend in Jesus I have a friend in Maine I have a friend in me And I was once like him With no need to pretend What happens in between The start and end Cause I look at myself in the rearview mirror Big hair and a broken bone I wonder out loud why it's hard to breathe Inside a world of smoke And what I could use is a touch of mascara Another name and a foreign home I want to cry but I'm prone to laughter Inside this rolling joke And miles they'll make you notice All you dream is real All you bleed you feel I pull off at the exit I turn the car around I turn the car Around