I love crossin' the Mississippi River she runs so wide and deep
The sun winks down between the spans at me
The tug boats sing down low beneath the pop of the pavement breaks
I enter an old west Memphis reverie, I can see me
Flyin' down I-40 as the camera pulls away
And the music swells with possibilities
Maybe I'm just hopin' as I wake up from my dreams
Or maybe I've just watched too much T.V., hey
But now I'm bound for Colorado, and I'm livin' out in my car
I went out to find myself underneath the western stars
I ain't goin' back to Nashville, all alone where no one cares
Now it's a long way home from anywhere
Steel mills pumpin smoke and money but that ain't the life for me