Ratos

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Quarter after six, the wipers on the lowest speed Coffee going cold between my knees Sign says "Bayview Ferry, thirteen miles ahead" Mama's rosary is hanging from the mirror thread I bought a scratch-off ticket at the Sunoco Rubbed it with a dime the way my father showed me Three numbers matched, then five, then all of nine I pulled onto the shoulder just to check it twice [Chorus] If this thing is real, I'm gonna drive all night Past the dairy farms and the county line Put the window down, let the diesel climb If this thing is real, I'm gonna be alright I'm gonna be alright [Verse 2] Fog rolled off the water like a curtain coming down The deckhand waved me forward with a flashlight beam I killed the engine, let the ferry take the weight Somewhere in the gray, a buoy bell swung and rang An old man in a truck said, "Son, you look like you've seen a sight" I said, "I might have, sir, I might have, I might" We sat there in the quiet, nobody spoke Just the hum beneath us and the horn's low note [Chorus] If this thing is real, I'm gonna drive all night Past the dairy farms and the county line Put the window down, let the diesel climb If this thing is real, I'm gonna be alright I'm gonna be alright [Verse 3] Halfway across, I took it from my coat Read the fine print underneath the gold It said "Claim within ninety days" in letters small and plain And the fog began to lift, and I could see the other bank My hands were shaking, but not from the cold Something in my chest let go its hold I thought about my father, how he never caught a break How he'd laugh and say, "Some luck just comes too late" [Bridge] But I'm not him, and this ain't then The horn blew twice, and I breathed again Whatever's waiting on the other side I'm still the one who gets to drive [Chorus] If this thing is real, I'm gonna drive all night Past the dairy farms and the county line Put the window down, let the diesel climb If this thing is real, I'm gonna be alright I'm gonna be alright [Outro] The ramp came down, the tires found the gravel road Sun was breaking through the way it always does I tucked the ticket in the visor, didn't call Just drove on toward whatever comes I'm gonna be alright I'm gonna be alright