Original The Wallflowers version
So long ago, I don't remember when, that's when they say I lost my only friend
They said she died easy of a broken heart disease as I listened through the cemetery trees
I seen the sun coming up at the funeral at dawn with the long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste, she always had a pretty face, I wondered why she hung around this place
Hey, come on try a little, nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than in the middle
But me and Cinderella we put it all together
We can drive it home with one headlight
She said it's cold, it feels like Independence Day, and I can't break away from this parade
But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me through this maze of ugliness and greed
And I seen the sign up ahead at the county line bridge saying all is good and nothingness is dead
We'll run until she's out of breath, she ran until there's nothing left, she hit the end, it's just her window ledge
Hey, come on try a little, nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than in the middle
But me and Cinderella we put it all together
We can drive it home with one headlight
Well this place is old it feels just like a beat up truck, I turn the engine but the engine doesn't turn
Well it smells of cheap wine and cigarettes, this place is always such a mess, sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn
I'm so alone and I feel just like somebody else, man, I ain't changed but I know I ain't the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dying dreams I think your death it must be killing me
Hey, hey, hey, come on try a little, nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than in the middle
But me and Cinderella we put it all together
We can drive it home with one headlight
ONE HEADLIGHT is a song written by Jakob Dylan and originally released on The Wallflowers' 1996 album Bringing Down The Horse. The above lyrics are for the original The Wallflowers version of ONE HEADLIGHT as released in 1996.
Bruce Springsteen performed ONE HEADLIGHT once in 1997 with The Wallflowers. See the live 04 Sep 1997 version for more details.
List of available versions of ONE HEADLIGHT on this website:
ONE HEADLIGHT [Live 04 Sep 1997 version]