I love crossing the Mississippi River
She runs so wide and deep
The sun winks down between the spans at me
The tugboats sing down low and deep
Beneath the pop of the pavement breaks
I enter an old West Memphis reverie
I can see me flying down I-40
As the camera pulls away
And the music swells with possibility
Maybe I'm just hoping
As I wake up from my dreams
Or maybe I just watch too much TV
But now I'm bound for Colorado
And I'm living out in my car
I went out to find myself
Underneath the western stars
I ain't going back to Nashville
All alone, where no one cares
Now it's a long way home from anywhere
Steam is pumping smoke and money (?)
But that ain't no life for me
I'll never make another day's living with my hands
But the big trucks roll and maybe they go back to Tennessee
Tell my Daddy that I've done the best I can
But now I'm bound for Colorado
And I'm living out in my car
I went out to find myself
And I found myself in a bar
I ain't going back to Nashville
All alone, where no one cares
Now it's a long way home from anywhere
SOLO
Now one day I drink whiskey
And another day I get stoned
And I tell my lies to guys down on the street
Some days I start driving
Till I just can't go no more
Then I stop and let some guy tell lies to me
But now I'm bound for Colorado
And I'm living out in my car
I went out to find myself
And I found myself in a bar
I ain't going back to Nashville
All alone, where no one cares
Now it's a long way home from anywhere
From Bruce Robison "Long Way Home From Anywhere"