From the recording Trapeze
. Breakdown Lane (4:17) DramaƟc torch song with soaring chorus. This is about a hapless
woman who is never fulfilled unless she’s got a man on her arm. She doesn’t give
herself the same level of respect as she gives him, and ends up the vicƟm.
Lyrics
Breakdown Lane McDonnell/Lindley ©2022
Close up the curtains
Kill the music
Turn off the lights
I want to be alone
Alone with my memories
Of all the ways you loved me
Your touch on my face
Set fire to my bones
We burned up the road
Just like Bonnie and Clyde
You said it yourself, a hell of a ride
But I will let you go
And I’m rusting from the inside out
In the breakdown lane again
She is a marvel
She is a homewrecker
She took what she wanted
Left dust on the ground
And you let it happen
She swept you up and threw you down
She spun you around
And around and around
I’d go anywhere with you
I’d do anything for you
But I can’t be shiny and new
But I will let you go…
Breakdown lane again
Breakdown lane
Again