Palm Reader

I bought flowers from a drifter

Cut my hand on a thorn

Straight across the fate line

I'm no palm reader but

I doubt that's the sign I was looking for

A rainy night in California

Told me you fought in the war

And I'm so desperate to do the right thing

I'm not sure what that even is any more

He found a bus stop to weather the storm

I'm gonna stand up straight

I'm gonna clear my throat and speak out, unafraid

Mom, I want you to know

I'm letting everything you taught me guide me home

Faded light from the projector

It's spitting summer out on the screen

That pool we swam in caved in years ago

We filled it up with furniture and concrete

I saw right and wrong then

The lines were simple and clean

And now the people I was taught would be heroes

We're acting like cowards, killers, and thieves

I'm losing track of who the good guys are supposed to be

I'm gonna stand up straight

I'm gonna clear my throat and speak out, unafraid

Dad, I want you to know

I'm letting everything you taught me guide me home

Coming undone at the seams

Stretched back shirts and muted dreams

Oh please

Undone at the seams

Stretched back shirts and muted dreams

Oh please

Undone at the seams

Stretched back shirts and muted dreams

Oh

I'm gonna stand up straight

I'm gonna clear my throat and speak out, unafraid

Mom, I want you to know

I'm letting everything you taught me guide me home

Stand up straight

I'm gonna clear my throat and speak out, unafraid

Dad, I want you to know

I'm letting everything you taught me guide me home