thirteen miles

[batmoon]

How many thirteen-mile drives ago
could I have started to pay you back?

Thought you knew how close I held you;
it's all I ever took for granted.

All the places you took us,
thirteen miles away and beyond-

redwoods, rivers, ruins-
over bridges and through head trips

like no other;
I could have paid my way.

You have to know I tried,
though not hard enough.