Must Be Seven

Dirty broken dishes, cigarette burns on the floor She held a look of disbelief as she wandered through the door To have a seat and meet the parents of a child that was heading the wrong way And it's probably seven years since she turned around and hit the road that day

Paper tearing off the walls, a rotten moldy sink When he wandered to the counter just to fix himself a drink Like there wasn't something wrong, like he couldn't see the sorrow in the song And it must be seven years since he tipped his hat and told 'em all, "So long"

Well, she was so distracted by the color of the room She never thought that she would see this brittle flower bloomin' And take the cards that he was dealt To build a house the big bad wolf could not blow down And it must be seven years now, since they turned that life around

She said, "Stay on track Don't let me see you lookin' back Never mind what's left behind and don't look back Don't look back"

Well, the house shrunk in the rearview and they left it far behind It faded out of sight back to the shadows of her mind Just like the shards of shattered mirrors Broken pieces scattered o'er the burial grounds And it must be seven years now, since they got out of that town

She said, "Stay on track Don't let me see you lookin' back Never mind what's left behind and don't look back Don't look back"