Purple Mountains
Mike Tolan
This one hit me hard
The whole year's gone darker
It was already pretty dark
His record was cheering me up
"Mounting mileage on the dash"
Smoke coming up under the hood
Clouds hang low over Costco
At the crossroads of 8 and 80
There's no mountains in eastern Ohio
But sometimes I see them to the West over Seven Hills
Beyond the bones of my grandpa's old Ford plant
Beyond the Bedford Auto Mile
Past the cars and lives I'll never cross except for on this highway
Just trying to get home
Trying not to care too much
But in my head I'm screaming:
"Fuck Trump! Fuck Trump!"
Waiting to merge as the world ends
Burning oil, how does any of this make sense?
Past Independence, sex and death