Somewhere Else To Be

I didn't wrap my head in roses

I didn't run screaming down the street

I didn't drive off jagged cliffs

Or dive in roaring seas

I broke no cage door open

I set no horses free

The day the girl at the drive-thru window

Softly smiled at me

Actually, I did nothing

As she handed me a large ice tea

An extra packet of ketchup

A small bag of onion rings

I didn't even smile back at her

I just pulled into the street

Searching my rear view mirror

To catch her eyes on me

'Cause there were cars behind me

And I had somewhere else to be

Down the street I saw an old man

Eating as he drove

Running over empty cans

Lying in the road

But the billboards near the highway

Were full of singing birds

And all the trees were blooming green

In their little squares of dirt

Every dog chained in every yard

Was howling with me

But I didn't even smile back at her

I just pulled into the street

'Cause there were cars behind me

And I had somewhere else to be