Side of the Road

You wait in the car
On the side of the road

Lemme go and stand awhile
I wanna know you're there but
I wanna be alone

If only for a minute or two

I wanna see what it feels
Like to be without you

I wanna know the touch of my own skin

Against the sun
Against the wind

I walked out in a field
The grass was high
It brushed against my legs

I just stood and looked out
At the open space and
A farmhouse out a ways

And I wondered about
The people who lived in it

And I wondered if they
Were happy and content

Were there children and
A man and a wife

Did she love him and take
Her hair down at night

If I stray away too far from you
Don't go and try to find me

It doesn't mean
I don't love you
It doesn't mean
I won't come back and
Stay beside you

It only means
I need a little time

To follow that unbroken line

To a place where
The wild things grow

To a place where
I used to always go

If only for a minute or two

I wanna see what it feels
Like to be without you

I wanna know the touch of my own skin

Against the sun against the wind