frontier red
copyright sue jeffers 2006 (BMI)

boarding pass out of chicago
got provisions with money from the show
guitar on the seat beside me
my companion coming home
its frontier red and girlscout cookies
kafka or the lounge car movie
waiting for the great leap forward
when the train hits eastern time
but there's all this going nowhere
and there's more of moving slow
there's a freight train outside south bend
so we'll be here til it goes

finally connected on the phone
riding in and out of deadened zones
pulling out of elkhart
it was good to hear your voice
when the sign outside said waterloo
i was trying to say goodbye and you were
fading so i heard just what i wanted you to say
sometimes we're moving forward
sometimes we're losing ground
i see no point in flying if you're
not there when i touch down

boarding pass home from chicago
running late with a couple hours to go
guitar on the seat beside me
my companion coming home
people around here look confused and drunk
others just are lost
they can't find the space they've come from
don't know when to get off
so their time's spent moving back and forth
and time is moving slow
there's this freight train outside cleveland
and we've no place else to go

back to better kind of world