Jason Isbell - Speed Trap Town lyrics

She said, "It's none of my business but
It breaks my heart"
Dropped a dozen cheap roses
In my shopping cart made it out to the
Truck without breaking down
Everybody knows you in a speed trap town

Well it's a Thursday night but
There's a high school game
Sneak a bottle up the bleachers
And forget my name
These 5A bastards run a shallow cross
It's a boy's last dream and
A man's first loss

And it never did occur to
Me to leave 'til tonight
And there's no one left to ask if I'm alright
I'll sleep until I'm straight
Enough to drive, then decide
If there's anything that can't be left behind

The doctor said Daddy wouldn't make it a year
But the holidays are over and he's still here
How long can they keep you in the ICU?
Veins through the skin like a faded tattoo

Was a tough state trooper 'til a decade back
When that girl who wasn't Mama
Caused his heart attack
He didn't care about us when
He was walking around
Just pulling women over in a speed trap town

But it never did occur to
Me to leave 'til tonight
When I realized he'll never be alright
Sign my name and say my last goodbye
Then decide that there's nothing here that
Can't be left behind

The road got blurry when the sun came up
So I slept a couple hours in the pickup truck
Drank a cup of coffee by an Indian mound
A thousand miles away from
That speed trap town
A thousand miles away from
That speed trap town