Lil Wallet Picture Lyrics - Richard Buckner

Underspent 

And too young too 

I stumbled onto a picture of you 

You wild bitter tale 

All cherry oak and tears 

As the branches looked in 

The summer is done 

And we are too, dear 

Pull back the drape 

And let the silent light in 

Soon I'll be on that highway 

And damn this stretch of 99 

That takes so many lives 

One of them was mine 

Hand me that lil wallet picture 

1985 

One more time 

The lights of the street 

Where I'd walk to you at night 

Were so blindly lit 

Yeah, there were four little flames 

His, mine, and yours, 

And the torch in the attic 

I woke up late 

And kissed you awake 

And as you packed up your load, 

There was one last look 

And then the uhaul broke free 

Now the ditches are flooded over the backroads 

And damn this stretch of 99 that takes so many lives 

One of them was mine