South Star

She brought her spirit

I brought her rain

We raised a garden up from just one grain

She looked so different

But laughed the same

She held my hand and told me everything

Said it's only the end that you want

If you look here you can see what it brought

It could have never been this way

I mean, it could have been this way

But it's not

Outside of the city

But inside of a car

We let a hundred conversations starve

And miles away

At an Austin bar

My brother waited for a shooting star

Said it's always the life that you got

If you listened you would have learned what I taught

It could have never been that way

I mean, it could have been that way

But it is not

Miles and miles of open road

Still no place to go

I see them now

In every star I'm shown

I wait until it burns out

I'm on my own

And nothing matters now

There's pale skies

And fire smoke

Come down

I see them high on mountains

Trying not to drown

I call them