piano plays softly
They were hiding behind hay bales
They were planting in the full moon
They had given all they had for something new
But the light of day was on them
They couldn't see the light of day
They could hear the thrashers coming
And the water shone like diamonds in the dew
I was just getting up, hit the road before it's light
Trying to catch an hour on the sun
When I saw those thrashers
Rolling by
Looking more than two lanes wide
I was feeling like my day had just begun
Where the eagle glides ascending
There's an ancient river bending
Through the timeless gorge of changes
Where sleeplessness awaits
They were hiding behind hay bales
I searched out my companions
They were lost in crystal canyons
When the aimless blade of science
Slashed the pearly gates
Then I knew that I'd had enough
Burned my credit card for fuel
Headed out to where the asphalt turns to sand
Then I knew that I'd had enough
With a one-way ticket to the land of truth
And my suitcase in my hand
How I lost my friends
I still don't understand
They had the best selection
They were poisoned with protection
There was nothing that they needed
They had the best selection
They had nothing left to find
They were lost in rock formations
Or became park bench mutations
On the sidewalks and in the stations
They were waiting, waiting
Well I got bored and left them there
They were just dead weight to me
Better down the road
Without that load
Brings back the time when I was eight or nine
I was watching my mama's TV
It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode
Where the vulture glides descending
On an asphalt highway bending
On an asphalt highway bending
Through libraries and museums
Galaxies and stars
Down the windy hall of friendship
To the rose-clipped by the bulwark
The motel of lost companions
Waste with heated pool
And air-conditioned bars
But me, I'm not starved
I've been there
Got my own road left to hold
Just another line in the field of time
When the thrasher comes
And I'm stuck in the sun
Like the dinosaurs enshrined
Then I'll know the day has come
To give what's mine
No more
I'll be home by four
Till the day I die
Man I'm so到
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