Plan D and Still Driving

Plan A was a clean white picket

Plan B burned out in the rain

Plan C was a quick slick ticket

That bus broke down on the plain

Now I’m halfway out this county

With a duct-taped dignity

Dust on my boots, chip on my shoulder

Guess I’m living on plan D

I’m living on plan D, but I’m still driving

Tank on E, heart still revving and reviving

Didn’t get the dream they sold on the TV

But I turned these backroads into my degree

Yeah, I’m living on plan D, but I’m still driving

Seat belt frayed, but this soul’s surviving

If the good road’s closed, I cut through the weeds

Plan D, plan D

That’s all I need (hey!)

Mama prayed I’d stay in college

Daddy prayed I’d swing a wrench

I just prayed to dodge this damage

Sleeping sober on a bench

Got a record full of almosts

And a glovebox full of notes

Every “no” they ever gave me

Is the ink inside these quotes

Yeah I missed that call

Missed that shot

Missed that train

Still, I walk

Got scars like maps

On both my hands

But they point me back

To where I stand

If this is the life

They said was last choice

I’ll raise that last choice

Like a battle-cry voice (woah)

I’m living on plan D, but I’m still driving

Tank on E, heart still revving and reviving

Didn’t get the dream they sold on the TV

But I turned these backroads into my degree

Yeah, I’m living on plan D, but I’m still driving

Seat belt frayed, but this soul’s surviving

If the good road’s closed, I cut through the weeds

Plan D, plan D

That’s all I need (all I need)