Cross

You roll back your eyes and call it a day
You scoff at this circus you lead
A judgement of errors laid cross your knees
?

Betrayed by disease and the crosshairs of your enemies
And you can't conceive how the Norfolk and Western
Rattles you down to your knees

Boxcars and wagon wheels
Losers walk and winners deal
Swing sets and junkyard steel
Givers give and robbers steal

There's a porcelain Jesus on a cross on the stove
And though you look like you could be brothers
You gave up on each other so long ago

And you stare at a photograph
Across the room and a lifetime away and you say
"She won't let me see my grandson, god damnit
I'll kill her myself"

Boxcars and wagon wheels
Losers walk and winners deal
Swing sets and junkyard steel
Givers give and robbers steal

So what if we fight
The war has warmed over the cars started back up again
For the night I crouch with my pillow
Look both ways before I turn out the light

Boxcars and wagon wheels
Losers walk and winners deal
Swing sets and junkyard steel
Givers give and robbers steal