Cracked Windshield, Mile Marker Prayer

Lyrics

Cracked windshield, a spider web of glass
Desert road and the miles go past
Mile marker forty, a cross on the shoulder
Man says drive safe, I get a little older
Left the east side with a duffel and a dream
Didn't tell Mama how scared I seemed
Gas light on and the town's gone dim
I whisper something like a prayer, like a hymn

Mile marker prayer, keep me on the line
Cracked windshield, but the sun still shines
Nothing I can't carry, nothing I can't take
One more mile for my mama's sake
Mile marker prayer, hear me now
Take me where I'm going, show me how

Motel at midnight, hum of the sign
Counting up the cash, counting up the time
Phone call home and I tell her I'm fine
She knows the truth between the lines
Pops used to say that the road is a teacher
Every wrong turn makes you a preacher
So I write it down in a notebook worn
Bars like bread when the bread is torn

Mile marker prayer, keep me on the line
Cracked windshield, but the sun still shines
Nothing I can't carry, nothing I can't take
One more mile for my mama's sake
Mile marker prayer, hear me now
Take me where I'm going, show me how

Dawn on the dashboard, gold through the crack
Light gets in and it doesn't go back
Truck stop coffee and a stranger's nod
Small kindness feels like a message from God
Diner waitress calls me baby, pours it hot
Says you look like you're carrying a lot
I say yes ma'am, but I'm lighter now
Road's still long, but I'll find out how

Crack in the glass, light in the crack
Can't turn around, can't go back
Keep going, keep going, keep going

Mile marker prayer, keep me on the line
Cracked windshield, but the sun still shines
Nothing I can't carry, nothing I can't take
One more mile for my mama's sake
Mile marker prayer, hear me now
Take me where I'm going, show me how