Just a boy and a girl at the roller rink
He wrote you letters full of fever dreams
Your love was a wildfire
Raging in the California sun
And even your name means alive and free
But you were too dark for that southern scene
And it was easy enough to write you out history
Back when he was always gone or on drugs
And I'm not saying it didn't work out like it should
But I'm not saying it didn't work out like it should
Half with all parties
Better off in the end
But I can believe
That when it comes to walking the lines
Thirteen years was a long goddamn time
So here's one more line for you at the end
And as for the one I love
I pray he's doing well
I hope he's doing well
I hope he tells the sad things
Only he can tell
And I hope our friends forgive him
Cause my happiness, it isn't zero sum
Yeah, but all these sobered-up cowboys
With their albums and their fame
Their songs of second chance is fine
Redemption and acclaim
But they land a little different
In my ears, the ringing name
Vivian
And I'm not saying
It doesn't work out like it should
And with all parties
Better off in the end
But if you can speak your piece
Then I guess so can I
Cause these fourteen years
Have been a long goddamn time
And I'll try to make mine rhyme
For you, Vivian
Vivian, Vivian, Vivian
And time rolls on
It's a train on the track
Spins with the wheels
Of a black Cadillac
They give us all
For our acceptable collateral
Pretending an upending
In the name of the garden
I believe in you




It works out for the good
And everything
Comes up roses in the end
But no matter where they lead
When it comes to walking lines
This aching in your feet
Lasts a long goddamn time
So here's one more line for you
Vivian
Vivian
Vivian




My darling
Vivian
Vivian
Vivian
Vivian
Vivian
Vivian