Margin Notes

[Intro]
[Verse]
The river fog is thick
Sunlight's playing a trick
Parked my truck by the dock
Ignoring the ticking clock
Inside the Silver Spoon
Waiting for the afternoon
[Verse]
Found a book in the bed
Stories that a stranger read
Tattered spine and yellow pages
Hidden there for many ages
Dusty cover smells like pine
I'm glad that it's finally mine
[Chorus]
Pencil marks on the side
Nowhere left to hide
You were running like me
From what we couldn't be
A scrawled and quiet plea
Setting my spirit free
[Post-Chorus]
Setting my spirit free
Just like you and me
Under the willow tree
[Verse]
Chipped mug of bitter brew
Waitress asks if I'm passing through
Faded billboards on the hill
Time is standing mostly still
I see your handwriting there
Like a soft and silent prayer
[Chorus]
Pencil marks on the side
Nowhere left to hide
You were running like me
From what we couldn't be
A scrawled and quiet plea
Setting my spirit free
[Bridge]
Small towns have a weight
Locking every gate
You wrote "don't look back"
In a script of faded black
I'm drifting on the tide
With a ghost by my side
[Hook]
Ink and bone
Never alone
Just a rolling stone
[Chorus]
Pencil marks on the side
Nowhere left to hide
You were running like me
From what we couldn't be
A scrawled and quiet plea
Setting my spirit free
[Break]
[Verse]
I'll leave this book behind
For the next one to find
Maybe in a different town
When the sun is going down
My own notes in the tray
For a traveler on his way
[Outro]