Love on the Mainline

Captive on my Code-A-Phone was a voice that spread like light

He reminds me of a mistake I used to call Baby

And I ate it up like an ice cream cone and willed him to be right

And built a dream on a string of "ifs" and "maybes"

But inside there is no peace

My head yells run, my heart cries stay, who can I believe?

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When the house divides against itself, the wrecking ball will soon prevail

Still I look for love on the mainline

He lives rent-free inside my head, my heart he owns outright

Those lines are down and humming like live wires

Still I search for common threads and I long for black and white

Does wisdom ever dovetail desire?

And my heart insists that he's the only one

While the endless loop inside my head says

You know he is wrong

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I have wasted too much time trying to bridge the gap between heart and mind

When the signs say very clearly Broken Mainline

Bride:

What makes me think I can drive when I've tested blind

I do much better walking slow by faith

And how come I would trust a man who took me for a ride

How long will I have to learn the hard way

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