Blinking Yellow

Verse 1

Hard-strummed acoustic guitar and voice

Came home for the first time in yearsDrove in on the farm road slowFeed store's boarded up, and so's the bankAnd the stoplight down at Main and SecondDoesn't turn red anymore

Pre-Chorus

Nobody ever stops here nowNobody really needs to

Chorus

Just a blinking yellow lightWhere the stoplight used to beToo small to make you waitJust a blinking yellow light

Verse 2

I kissed you under that red lightSenior year, we made it lastRan three red cycles just to stayNow there's nothing there to stop us

Pre-Chorus

Nobody ever stops here nowNobody really needs to

Chorus

Fiddle and harmonica, the band joining

Just a blinking yellow lightWhere the stoplight used to beToo small to make you waitJust a blinking yellow light

Bridge

Voice alone, straining

I could slow down there anywayAnd wait for you to come back

Final Chorus

Full band, trumpet, hoarse shout

Just a blinking yellow lightWhere the stoplight used to beToo small to make you waitJust a blinking yellow lightJust a blinking yellow lightWhere the stoplight used to beToo small to make you stayJust a blinking yellow light