Shasta (Carrie’s Song) Vienna Teng

So far, so good
You're coming to the bend at the end of the road
You put a hand to the belly that's foreign more
With every day like an oversize load

And you're thinking about clouds the color of fire
And the scent of an orange peel
The way Mount Shasta explodes into windshield view
And your hands steady on the wheel

So far, so good
Coffee motel coffee diner coffee, go on
Styrofoam is drying like the tears that once did flow
Starting 10 o'clock and ending at dawn

And you can't go back but you're going back
And you don't know what you'll say
You've got half-formed sentences
Explanations for a life half-broken away
And they just may
They'll take you in their arms and then take out their knives
So you drive on thinking

So far, so good
But you can't go on much longer like this you know
You're all alone in this world no that's not true
The nice Christian lady told you so