Once I Found A Snake

Once I found a snake in a crack in a wall

I brought him home, he lives in my room

He has a yellow stripe the length of his back

And his scales are indigo blue

I watched that snake all summer

I've seen every trick he knows

And I think I'm gonna let the thing go

I open up his cage at the edge of a field

I take a stick and give him a poke

He doesn't wanna leave so I tell him hey snake

Summer's gone this ain't no joke

He'll be needing shelter

From the cold and from the snow

And it's time for me to let the thing go

And oh, but the nights get long

With the sun gone south, and winter coming on

You can leave too soon, or you can stay too long

Now I'm sitting in my car in front of the house

The street is dark, my clothes are all packed

If I go back inside I know I'll never come out

And if I leave I'll never be back

My Mustang wants to travel

That's the only thing it knows

And I think I'm gonna let the thing go

And take me where it wants to go

Maybe down to Ohio

Or maybe up to Idaho

Or maybe down to San Antonio

I'm gonna let the thing go