Jonah - Ocala Lyrics

Sunday and the stars are hiding out tonight
I was staring at the yellow of the dotted lines
A song came on that took me to another time
And then I thought of something else that had slipped my mind
When something came out in the light so I tried to swerve
But I was going too fast when I hit the curve
I was hungry and distracted when the moment came
A second lost in my thoughts now two lives are changed
Life will never be the same
Everything slowed but my heart raced
I was pulled back down to earth from where I was in space
I ran from my car to where she was in the road
And I laid my jacket on her cause I thought she looked cold
The sirens grew distant as they sped away
I couldn’t stop shaking; my nerves were frayed
They took me to Ocala got my statement down
Why was she walking in the road out there so far from town?
Life will never be the same
The cops put me through the paces before night was through
I asked to call a friend, hope he’ll know what to do
That week I went to visit but she wasn’t awake
I almost turned around, thought I’d made a mistake
There’s a man standing there by the side of the bed
Brother from Des Moines asking if I was a friend
I looked at him I didn’t know what to say
He said this was a lousy way to spend a Thanksgiving Day
Life will never be the same
I started crying when he thought to take another look
His eyes were teary as he read me like an open book
Just when I thought he would get angry his voice got low
And he was telling me a tale from twenty years ago
A girl was thrown from a car right where he stood
He was first on the scene and he did what he could
But he could never shake the feeling that he let her down
When he found out that she died on her way into town
Life will never be the same
Her spare tire blew out on the Interstate
Something out of your control can really change your fate
He said it’s easy if you want to let the guilt consume
He said I’ll give you some time and he left the room
Life will never be the same
Never be the same, never be the same
Never be the same

Sunday and the stars are hiding out tonight
I was staring at the yellow of the dotted lines
A song came on that took me to another time
And then I thought of something else that had slipped my mind
When something came out in the light so I tried to swerve
But I was going too fast when I hit the curve
I was hungry and distracted when the moment came
A second lost in my thoughts now two lives are changed
Life will never be the same
Everything slowed but my heart raced
I was pulled back down to earth from where I was in space
I ran from my car to where she was in the road
And I laid my jacket on her cause I thought she looked cold
The sirens grew distant as they sped away
I couldn’t stop shaking; my nerves were frayed
They took me to Ocala got my statement down
Why was she walking in the road out there so far from town?
Life will never be the same
The cops put me through the paces before night was through
I asked to call a friend, hope he’ll know what to do
That week I went to visit but she wasn’t awake
I almost turned around, thought I’d made a mistake
There’s a man standing there by the side of the bed
Brother from Des Moines asking if I was a friend
I looked at him I didn’t know what to say
He said this was a lousy way to spend a Thanksgiving Day
Life will never be the same
I started crying when he thought to take another look
His eyes were teary as he read me like an open book
Just when I thought he would get angry his voice got low
And he was telling me a tale from twenty years ago
A girl was thrown from a car right where he stood
He was first on the scene and he did what he could
But he could never shake the feeling that he let her down
When he found out that she died on her way into town
Life will never be the same
Her spare tire blew out on the Interstate
Something out of your control can really change your fate
He said it’s easy if you want to let the guilt consume
He said I’ll give you some time and he left the room
Life will never be the same
Never be the same, never be the same
Never be the same