Well I strike a match

And strike out on my own

If I strike out this time

I won't be home

In a stricken world

I've always known

I'm not afraid to be alone

Even as my body smolders

I lit a fire

There's endless drags of cigarettes

And one last bluff I've yet to bet

I play the hearts close to my chest

While the open road curls like smoke

Behind my shoulders

Well I strike a smile

And strike a stone

Strike up conversations

All alone

Bare my teeth at every mile

To a woman

I need to know

I lit a fire