Shasta Carries Song

C G F (3x) C G F So far, so good C G F You're coming to the bend at the end of the road C G F You put a hand to the belly that's foreign more C G F With every day like an oversize load C G F And you're thinking about clouds the color of fire C G F And the scent of an orange peel C G F The way Mount Shasta explodes into windshield view C G F And your hands steady on the wheel C G F (2x) C G F So far, so good C G F Coffee motel coffee diner coffee, go on C G F Styrofoam is drying like the tears that once did flow C G F Starting 10 o'clock and ending at dawn Am Em And you can't go back but you're going back Dm C G And you don't know what you'll say Am You've got half-formed sentences Em Dm G Explanations for a life half-broken away G And they just may G They'll take you in their arms and then take out their knives F So you drive on thinking C G F So far, so good C G F But you can't go on much longer like this you know C G F You're all alone in this world no that's not true C G F The nice Christian lady told you so C G F She was handing out pamphlets by the clinic door C G F Saying, "Jesus knows what you've been through C G F Take the Savior into your heart my child C G F There's love waiting for the both of you" Am Em Well, you don't believe but you have to believe Dm C G It's still crumpled there in your back seat Am Em Were you the hero or the worst kind of coward back there Dm G Putting pavement back under your feet G Couldn't stand the heat G Couldn't stand the thought of ghosts with a negative age G F Turn the page, ok Chorus 4 C G F So far, so good C G F You try to sing along to the radio-o C G F But it's not your language, not your song C G F It's from some other time ago C G F And you're thinking about how someone died that day C G F The you that was so carefully planned C G F But then again maybe this life is like a sleeping mountain C G F Waking up to shape the land C G F C G F Calm, calm, let it come, let it come back to you C G F C G F Calm, calm, breathe on out, you know you know what to do C G F C G F Calm, calm, let it come, let it come back to you C G F C G F Calm, calm, breathe on out, you know you know what to do C G F (4x)