I was driving down the highway, 80km in a 100k zone
Numbed by the inconvenience of life
'Why me'� stapled to my frown
When suddenly I realized I was going down alone

And everyone else was passing me by

How that is in life
I'm stuck, cannot go faster
Surely to slow would be to die
I'm driving down in 2nd gear
Everyone else just passing me by

I was out in the front for a while
'See ya later! I can't wait'�, I would say
'You'd better get a move on'�,
'I'm not hangin' round to play!'�

I realized as I was driving
In 2nd gear down the road
That those to whom I'd spoken
Had overtaken and had grown

With kids and with husbands
With houses and jobs that stayed
With fame and with fortune
Their patience had obviously paid

In that moment I felt forgotten,
One more loss to add to the pain
It's not that I'm a bad person
It's just the choices that I've made

As I looked to the horizon
of the traffic that passed me by
I thought of times in rush hour
Where I'd had a cruisey ride

It was all quite simply choices
But not of wisdom,
Just of chance
Who knows which lane will open up,
And which one will come to a stand?

Who knows what lies around the bend?
To speed or slow us down
Who knows to whom we drive beside?
A friend may be found

As I was driving down the highway 80km in a 100k zone
I came to the realization, that I'm really not alone
No matter what the journey
And the detours along the way
There's only one destination
And on that GPS I'll stay!

©Jelly Bean 2007

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