I wish I knew what the lyrics said before "you wanna hear the funny part?"
This could be literal death, father tragically dying on a peaceful Texas night, or it could be a portrayal of his lack of connection to his family. He knows the roads twice as well as them because he's never home with them; Mom's at home taking a bath while he drives around their local roads in the summer heat.
"Sleeping through the rumble strip," is another lyric that could go both ways. He's drunk or asleep or already dead behind the wheel and doesn't react to the tires leaving the highway before an inevitable collision. Or he doesn't see the inevitable signs of his family growing away from him, or the need his family has for him.
I wish I knew what the lyrics said before "you wanna hear the funny part?"
This could be literal death, father tragically dying on a peaceful Texas night, or it could be a portrayal of his lack of connection to his family. He knows the roads twice as well as them because he's never home with them; Mom's at home taking a bath while he drives around their local roads in the summer heat.
"Sleeping through the rumble strip," is another lyric that could go both ways. He's drunk or asleep or already dead behind the wheel and doesn't react to the tires leaving the highway before an inevitable collision. Or he doesn't see the inevitable signs of his family growing away from him, or the need his family has for him.
Either way...a very peacefully sad song.