Just lyrics so far, music will have to wait until I get home.

Retreat
By Michael Downing, (c) 2009

(v1)
Driving through the darkness, down this beat up old road
Trying to get home to make things right,
I left the interstate now 40 miles ago
I need more time to think, more time to drive

With one cell call you write our epilogue
So resolute, you cry, you don't want me back
I hit the brakes hard, stop in a cloud of dust
What we had, you say, is now in the past

(chorus)
Just before the sun begins its climb
To erase the darkness from this canopy
The earth pauses taking one last breath
Of the night that's began its slow retreat

On an old gravel road, now sitting in my truck
Starring blindly at the mountains in the east
They stand there firm not caring about the night
Nor about my broken heart that's in retreat.

(v2)
Your call is dropped, and I know you're long gone
This truck stop coffee has gone cold
The windows down, breeze it chills me to the bone
So tired of roaming, dear God, where do I go

(chorus)
Just before the sun begins its climb
To erase the darkness from this canopy
The earth pauses taking one last breath
Of the night that's began its slow retreat

On an old gravel road, sitting in my truck
Starring blindly at the mountains in the east
They stand there firm not caring about the night
Nor about my broken heart that's in retreat.

(Bridge)
Where do I go? Dear Lord
What matters most, I've thrown away
Is hope now lost, please show me that its not
Please show on this brand new day

(Chorus)
Just before the sun begins its climb
To erase the darkness from this canopy
The earth pauses taking one last breath
Of the night that's began its slow retreat

On an old gravel road, sitting in my truck
Starring blindly at the mountains in the east
They stand there firm not caring about the night
Nor about my broken heart that's in retreat.



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