Truckstop Angel

I meet them in the truckstops
I meet them in the bars
I meet them in the parking lots
And I slip into their cars
They come and put their money down
They come and place their bets
I swallow their indifference
But I choke on my regrets

Sometimes they ask me questions
Sometimes they treat me nice
You don’t know what you’ll get
Until you roll the dice
You’re a loser or a winner here
Predator or prey
I’m still not sure which one I am
Or how I got this way

And it’s hard to hear the angels
Over the diesels’ hum
But I know they’re out there singing
And I’ll know them when they come
And I’ll rise above the neon
Above this trailer park
And fly like a truckstop angel
With an arrow through my heart

There’s a big sky up above me
There’s a wasteland down below
There’s a long black snake of highway
Take you where you wanna go
One day I’m gonna leave here
Gonna hit my lucky streak
Gonna spread my gorgeous wings and fly
Above all this concrete