I saw you three times  In a face in the crowd  Called out your name  Just as clear and a loud  As I could without thinking  It wouldn't be you  But a lie in my head  Was a hope that died true    I saw what I thought  Was that look in your eyes  On the face of a stranger man  Standing in line  And all I know now  When it comes to you  Is that I ran outta stars  For one wish to come true    And gone are the days when I still had the time  And please tell my mother I'm doing alright  But it's slow, slow and gone is the life that I've known  The life that I've known    It's already November   we've been driving all night  Never thought that we'd bring it this far  In a working man's town  Thought I'd see you around  On the shotgun side  With my own two eyes    Then I saw you three times  In a rear view mirror  Like the broken white stripes in the dark  Could've sworn it was you  By the light of the moon  Like a Tennessee cross in a fog    And gone are the days when I still had the time  And please tell my mother I'm doing alright  But it's slow, slow and gone is the life that I've known  The life that I've known    And gone are the days when I still had the time  And please tell my mother I'm doing alright  But it's slow, slow and gone is the life that I've known  The life that I've known