I'm gonna drag the road
'Til the caffeine lets me go
Dream another song for my ex-lover
Slip away to Graceland on the radio
When I hand the van keys back to another
I hum and whine like a railroad track
Back from where I came before the cold November snow
Put me on cold leather, put me on my back
I'm gonna sleep beneath the black of North Ontario
Oh ex-lover, I cannot deny it
I need restitution in a long, dark time
Oh ex-lover, I don't want to hide it
I cannot feed your fire if I can't feed mine
All this cryin' when I let you go
I had my troubling lyin' to you when I choke and
I's a little shaky when I told you I was done
'Cause you won't like my reasonin'
Standing on the corner with a nozzle in my hand
Freezing 'neath the light of one more Petro-Can
Trying to make it big in a rock and roll band
Is like trying to talk the frostbite
Out of my cold, cold hands
Oh ex-lover, I cannot deny it
I need restitution in a long, dark time
Oh ex-lover, I don't want to hide it
I cannot feed your fire if I can't feed mine
All this cryin' when I let you go
I had my troubling lyin' to you when I choke and
I's a little shaky when I told you I was done
'Cause you won't like my reasonin'
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Señorita, Spanish roses
Springsteen had a way with women that I don't
When I leave impressions of the girls I used to roll with
I couldn't find the detail I was looking for
I find home in the arms of every open door
I promise I won't run straight to another
If I couldn't make the time for my ex-lover
I cannot deny it
Baby I need someone just to feel alright
Oh ex-lover, I don't want to hide it
I cannot feed your fire, if this gun just ain't for hire
All this crying' when I let you go
I had my trouble lying to you when I choke
I'm gonna take some time, rolling like a railroad
Down the county line on down to Mexico