1 00:00:01,710 --> 00:00:22,370 I think about that day, I left him at a Greyhound station west of Santa Fe 2 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:26,230 We were seventeen, but he was sweet and it was true 3 00:00:26,230 --> 00:00:29,429 Still I did what I had to do 4 00:00:29,429 --> 00:00:31,809 Cause I just knew 5 00:00:31,809 --> 00:00:33,890 Summer Sunday nights 6 00:00:33,890 --> 00:00:37,689 We'd sink into our seats right as they dimmed out all the lights 7 00:00:37,689 --> 00:00:41,429 A technicolor world made out of music and machine 8 00:00:41,429 --> 00:00:44,429 They'd call me to be on that screen 9 00:00:44,429 --> 00:00:47,210 And live inside each scene 10 00:00:47,210 --> 00:00:49,530 Without a nickel to my name 11 00:00:49,530 --> 00:00:51,409 Hopped a bus, here I came 12 00:00:51,409 --> 00:00:53,409 Could be brave or just insane 13 00:00:53,409 --> 00:00:54,969 We'll have to see 14 00:00:54,969 --> 00:00:57,090 Cause maybe in that sleepy town 15 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:59,009 I'll sit one day, the lights are down 16 00:00:59,009 --> 00:01:02,890 You'll see my face and think of how you used to know me 17 00:01:02,890 --> 00:01:06,250 Behind these hills I'm reaching for heights 18 00:01:06,250 --> 00:01:09,329 And chasing all the lights that shine 19 00:01:09,329 --> 00:01:13,329 And they let you down 20 00:01:13,329 --> 00:01:15,450 And I'm a day off 21 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:18,370 And I'm a day off 22 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:27,189 I hear them every day 23 00:01:27,189 --> 00:01:30,930 The rhythms in the canyons that'll never fade away 24 00:01:30,930 --> 00:01:34,709 The ballots in the bar rooms left by those who came before 25 00:01:34,709 --> 00:01:38,290 They say we gotta want it more 26 00:01:38,290 --> 00:01:40,409 So I bang on every door 27 00:01:40,409 --> 00:01:42,909 And even when the answer's nowhere 28 00:01:42,909 --> 00:01:44,689 When my money is running low 29 00:01:44,689 --> 00:01:48,030 The dusky mic and neon lights are all I need