like a pinball
off a paddle
darling
you were out that door
and gone
gone like you knew
knew where you were going
yes life has its bright lights
and bells and whistles
but it has its bumper cars too
and like a pinball
off the paddles
you bounced
and you raced
and you rolled
and like a pinball
off the paddles
darling
you came home
like you weren’t knowing
where you’d been