Shotgun

If I had a dollar for each time you let me down

Then I'd have been a rich man long ago

But the thing with lofty notions is you got to let them go

Relieve yourself of proof

Believe in higher truth

And look for deeper meaning like the way that poets do

So I only ride shotgun for you

Heading out with you behind the wheel is like a poem

I hold my tongue and exercise restraint

That old familiar road house always puts us in the mood

Just as we cross the track

I watch you knock them back

And though we see those city lights

Instead, we hit the sack

I only ride shotgun for you

Highways bring on loneliness but I won't beg forgiveness

'Cause that is where I'm happiest to be

With you there next to me

So I'll send them my regards

In that dark and moldy bar

Now I won't have to gamble 'cause that's always where you are

But like a shooting star, I'm useless from afar

So I'm blazing for glory to come get you in my car

And darling, you know my aim is true

'Cause I only ride shotgun for you