No Alibis

The busses all stop running so I'm walking home The tattoos on these arms tell me which way to go I roll my eyes back into my head for a while I've seen this all before so maybe this is why I never cross the road unless the light is green And I never knock on your door unless you're sleeping Still, I don't know why you're holding me responsible For the thumbtacks you keep finding in your cereal So maybe when I'm older I will get some sleep I'm moving from your bed to the back porch to read The lines in my hands and the tags on my clothes You'd think by now I'd have learned to just let it go Dogs barking late at night, I'm moving real slow They're chained up to the house, I lay down on the lawn Their eyes are bloody red, I've seen that look before I'll see it on you when I die, I'm sure At night the sound of TVs fill the whole damn street The soundtrack to a life that's so disappointing And it follows me each and every step that I go Like lightning, a car crash broadcast in stereo Sometimes the distance between us, it seems lightest Like you and me are speaking different languages Still I know why you're convinced we're all alone We're surrounded by parked cars and bolted doors Dogs barking late at night, I'm moving real slow They're chained up to the house, I lay down on the lawn Their eyes are bloody red, I've seen that look before In this short short short life, you're arms, they feel like home And if this isn't love then nothing is at all I'd stop the hands of time but there's no way at all From our arms to our eyes, from our shoes to our toes Under this star filled august sky, we walk home We walk home