Laws of Average
A stone in her pocket slipped the marshal’s grip
Her pleasure to blow off another business trip
The old man at death’s door, a gathering of kin
A premature sendoff for the burning will within
Appearances were made, shadow wanted to stay
But time was a-wastin’, a-wastin’ away
Witness agrees, just shot the breeze
Bridged the ten-year gap in six degrees
Coricidin dobro and nostalgic convo
Kindled pipe dreams, let the record show
Tore up, she tore out, knew what she was doin’
Long ago set a course along that road to ruin
Laws of average caught up, she’d always let it ride
Never saw that stalled Mazda with the carseat inside
Woke in a cell for the first of three thousand days
Time was a-wastin’, a-wastin’ away
Witness agrees, just shot the breeze
Bridged the ten-year gap in six degrees
Coricidin dobro and nostalgic convo
Kindled pipe dreams, let the record show
Smartest girl in the room of one
Never applied past the setting sun
Pride beat her old man to the grave
Death alone from brilliance could save