I'm looking at a funeral wagon rolling down
A two-lane highway winding past a desert town
A big blue canvas painted by the master's hand
The shifting clouds above and endless miles of sand
In that mural, maybe that's what's left of me
Leasing life freight train hauling sixty tons of steel
Air them out's the best release and get some rest
Terry,
don't wait up for me,
the brakeman's going west
In this room all alone, I dream of you
In this drawer I found someone I never knew
Now pop a drop, stay up late with Gideon
Fall asleep to visions of Meridian
I've seen dusty beaten, delta boys cutting heads
A black-faced carnage showman's here
a song to death In my short life I've seen as much as most
men need
Now I'm just looking for some cleaner air
to breathe
In this room all alone, I dream of you
In this drawer I found someone I never knew
Now pop a drop, stay up late with Gideon
Fall asleep to visions of Meridian
Far away,
far away,
so many years,
so many days All along this broken land I've
seen lovers' empty arms and hungers' empty hands
In this room all alone, I dream of you
In this drawer I found someone I never knew
Now pop a drop,
stay up late with Gideon Fall asleep to visions of Meridian