Driving late at night
Guatemalan night
the music strong
nothing, absolutely nothing wrong.
Just me, the road and Mayan spirits
I’m right where I belong.
Then the engine light comes on
I got something wrong.
Could be the tranny
Could be water in the fuel
Could be just electrical
Could be a million things
and to carry on
get my mind off the wrong
I think about all my own wrong
my own engine light that is on.
Could be my heart
Could be my drinking
Could be I’m just falling apart
but my engine light is on
and I know that’s just the start …
I get home
take a drink
take my pills
and think
of all those better
no engine light on
but who ain’t going as far.
