The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 137 The Desert Road
Time was running out for Sue
There wasn’t much left she knew
I wrote it as a kind of sequel or answer to Weathered Lines
Her whereabouts was fine but it wasn’t home
She finally figured out she was alone
Instead of being a song about life it’s a song about death and the more direct route
She went out in her air balloon
The desert road in the afternoon
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