i didn’t call you

I drove through New Mexico & I didn’t call you

The sun set for hours & I didn’t call you

Lightning flashed over Mexico & I didn’t call you

Clouds lit up by a city & I didn’t call you

Elton John belted "I want love" & I didn’t call you

The arroyos flow like the stories you told & I didn’t call you

My lips chapped in the desert & I didn’t call you

The words in my throat & I didn’t call you

Lightning strikes in the distance & I didn’t call you

Half a mile from the border & I didn’t call you

Hands at ten and two & I didn’t call you

I drove the whole state without calling you 

& since we last spoke that’s all I do