Static on the Radio

[Verse 1: Jim White] 3 A.M. I'm awakened by a sweet summer rain Distant howling of a passing southbound coal train Was I dreaming? Or was there someone just lying here beside me in this bed? Am I hearing things? Or in the next room did a long forgotten music box just start playing? [Pre-Chorus 1: Jim White, Aimee Mann] And I know It's a sin putting words in the mouths of the dead And I know It's a crime to weave your wishes into what they said And I know Only fools venture where them spirits tread 'Cause I know Every word, every sound bouncing 'round my head [Chorus: Jim White, Aimee Mann] Is just static on the radio Static on the radio Static on the radio Static on the radio Static on the radio Everything I think I know is just static on the radio Static on the radio Everything I think I know is just static on the radio [Verse 2: Jim White] Midnight rendezvous with a pretty girl wearing a torn and tear-stained gown Like a ghost ship, she appeared from nowhere on a lonely highway and flagged me down I gave her a lift downtown to the Greyhound station under the flicker of the neon light She kissed me goodbye, and in the mirror of her eyes, I saw my own reflection [Pre-Chorus 2: Jim White, Aimee Mann] And I know The blind will sometimes lead the blind And I know Through shadowlands and troubled times And I know Forsaking love, we see the signs And I know Of truths forever hid behind [Chorus: Jim White, Aimee Mann] Static on the radio Static on the radio Static on the radio Static on the radio Static on the radio Everything I think I know is just static on the radio Static on the radio Everything I think I know is just static on the radio [Interlude] [Verse 3: Jim White] Now there's a church house about a stone's throw down from this place where I been staying It's Sunday morning, and I'm sittin' in my truck, listening to my neighbor sing Ten years ago, I might have joined in, but don't time change those inclined To think less of what is written than what's wrote between the lines [Pre-Chorus 3: Jim White, Aimee Mann] 'Cause I know Dreams are for those who are asleep in bed And I know It's a sin putting words in the mouths of the dead 'Cause I know For all my ruminations, I can't change a thing Still I hope There's others out there that are listening [Chorus: Jim White, Aimee Mann] To the static on the radio Static on the radio Static on the radio Everything I think I know is just static on the radio Static on the radio Ain't praying for miracles, I'm just down on my knees Static on the radio Listening for the song behind everything I think I know Static on the radio Everything I think I know is just static on the radio Everything I think I know is just static on the radio