Mile Marker Zero Hero
by Tanner Cove · Rock › Pop Rock · Made with Mureka · 0 plays
Style
trop rock, country rock, pedal steel, steel drums, upbeat
Prompt
Trop rock, country folk, warm baritone storyteller, singalong harmonies, pedal steel, steel drums, slow-sway groove
Lyrics
Noon sun, dead phone, here we go Hey now, hey now Noon on the highway, salt in the breeze, Phone's gone black, so it's just me and the seas. Parrot on my shoulder from a poker game, Pair of nines beat Lou, and the bird took my name. Bought a lime and a hat for a dollar and a dime, Counting down the markers, got a little bit of time. Mile marker zero, zero hero, Last stop in the sun at the end of the line. Mile marker zero, zero hero, Hat in my hand and a speech I can't find. Sixty and a pie stand sign, Bird ate the crust off my key lime. Forty and the bridge runs long, Pelicans judging me, and they ain't wrong. Twenty and I'm sweating through, Bird says, "Call her!" Buddy, I wish I knew. Mile marker zero, zero hero, Last stop in the sun at the end of the line. Mile marker zero, zero hero, Hat in my hand and a speech I can't find. Ten, five Lord, I'm almost there. Two, one Bird, say a little prayer. Truth is, friend, it ain't the beach I came to see. There's a corner bar with a sign hung crooked, and it's calling me. Danny's on the late set, strings still tuned to mine, And I walked out on his last good song, one night, mid-line. Bird finally hushed, and I'm shaking at the door, Ten years of sorry, and I can't say any more. Mile marker zero, zero hero, I ain't much of a hero, but I'm here, old friend. Mile marker zero, zero hero, Hand me the guitar and let me start again.