I hit a deer on the highway last night

to the tune of Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen

Well I flew up a street deer on the highway last night

And then it, flew up - right in my mind too

I’m staring - into the red-bright darkness tapping the break

And he was - getting ready for some breaking true

Now there’s a Jersey plate racing next to me

and the left lane can’t get no relief

gonna be a - rumble out on the interstate

actually - more of a loud crash-bump then grief

Everything dies baby that’s a fact

But maybe everything that dies - someday comes back

I put my flashers on - [Jake] fixed our headlight pretty

and I weeped my way to Philadelphia city

♬♪ 𓃴

Well we got to our stop and sorted my guilt away

But I got new debts that no woman can pay

So I drew out the crash in my head forty times

Though it didn’t soften the blow to my mind

Everything dies baby that’s a fact

But maybe everything that dies - someday comes back

I try a new breathing technique, smudge my mascara pretty

and I weep again in my Philly city

♬♩ 𓃴

Now our luck may have died and our bumper now holed

But with a tender hand from my passenger seat I’ll stay

I now like to think he’s somewhere turned into white dots n gold

So I switch my hopeful mind on - but I’m still in sorrow’s firm hold

Everything dies, baby that’s a fact

But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

𓃴 ♬♪

Now I been lookin’ for a sign but it’s hard to find

All the time there’s winners and losers getting caught on that side of the white line

Well I think i’ve hit a bird before but it flew right into my wheel

It’s just I saw the second thought in his eyes as I ridded us of a median crash n rear-end smash but not him

I guess everything dies, baby that’s a fact

But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

I put my okay face on, I pick his hair off with pity,

for he meets his old friends up in Street Deer City

to the deer I hit - I am so very sorry and I will remember you

to everyone else - be careful when you drive

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