On a two lane road through the mountains   I am taking the corners too fast   My head is spinning as fast as my wheels    Shifting from future to past   So many things to attend to    So many places to be   The mountains roll right past my window   Like a half-watched bar room TV      If I could die just for a moment   Let these worries work themselves out   If it would all go on without me   Tell me what's all this worry about?   A promise is not like a moment   A moment's not something you keep   I've made too many promises lately   And the woods are lovely, dark and deep      I remember this friend down in Florida   She used to get lost just for fun   She'd take any turn that presented itself   Just to see where the road might run   It's amazing the places they'd take her   The people and things that she'd find   I've been meaning to look her up again   But I can't seem to find the time      Trying to make all the ends meet   It's like I'm skating the edge of a knife   I'm so busy making a living   I've got no time for a life      If I could die just for a moment   Let these worries work themselves out   If it would all go on without me   Tell me what's all this worry about?   A promise is not like a moment   A moment's not something you keep   I've made too many promises lately   And the woods are lovely, dark and deep