90 Days Sober (Rescue Me)

I'm sitting at a station waiting on a southbound train

A gray sky awning and a weeklong rain

When I put you in the cab you didn't weigh a buck thirty-four

Today you're coming home ninety days sober

Rescue me

You didn't say the words

I saw them in your eyes

A desperate plea

There in the darkness

Far from the light

Rescue me

I couldn't live with myself

If I didn't try

A smile on her face the clerk says the train is running late

There's a fresh pot of coffee and a day-old paper while you wait

I've waited ninety days what's a few hours more?

Today you're coming home ninety days sober

Rescue me

You didn't say the words I saw them in your eyes

A desperate plea

There in the darkness far from the light

Rescue me

I couldn't live with myself

If I didn't try Rescue me

You didn't say the words

I saw them in your eyes

A desperate plea

There in the darkness

Far from the light

Rescue me

I couldn't live with myself

If I didn't try

I'm sitting at a station waiting on a southbound train

There's a break in the clouds and the sun ends a weeklong rain

I'm not superstitious but that's a pretty good omen

You're coming home strong and 90 days sober

Rescue me

You didn't say the words I saw them in your eyes

A desperate plea

There in the darkness far from the light

Rescue me

I couldn't live with myself

If I didn't try Rescue me

You didn't say the words

I saw them in your eyes

A desperate plea

There in the darkness

Far from the light

Rescue me

I couldn't live with myself

If I didn't try

Rescue me

You didn't say the words I saw them in your eyes

A desperate plea

There in the darkness far from the light

Rescue me

I couldn't live with myself

If I didn't try

Rescue me

You didn't say the words

I saw them in your eyes

A desperate plea

There in the darkness

Far from the light

Rescue me

I couldn't live with myself

If I didn't try

I could not live with myself

If I didn't try

You fell of that wagon

Had to start over

You're coming home strong

It's been ninety days

Sober sober

I sometimes tend to overproduce my songs, but this stripped-down version is much closer to what I envisioned when writing it. This one’s for my oldest and dearest friend—until the end!