They were planting in the full moon
They had given all they had for something new
C *
They could see the thrashers coming
And the water shone like diamonds
In the dew.
And 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 feelin' like my day had just begun.
C *
There's an ancient river bending
Down the timeless gorge of changes
where sleeplessness awaits
C *
Who were lost in crystal canyons
When the aimless blade of science
Slashed the pearly gates.
It was then I knew I'd had enough,
Burned my credit card for fuel
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand
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.
C *
They were poisoned with protection
There was nothing that they needed,
Nothing left to find
C *
Or became park bench mutations
On the sidewalks and in the stations
They were waiting, waiting.
So I got bored and left them there,
They were just deadweight to me
Better down the road without that load
Brings back the time when I was eight or nine
I was watchin' my mama's T.V.,
It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode.
C *
On an asphalt highway bending
Thru libraries and museums,
Galaxies and stars
C *
To the rose clipped by the bullwhip
The motel of lost companions
Waits with heated pool and bar.
But me I'm not stopping there,
Got my own row left to hoe
Just another line in the field of time
When the thrashers comes, I'll be stuck in the sun
Like the dinosaurs in shrines
But I'll know the time has come
To give what's mine.
INTRO: (using a pick alternately pick the notes within the chords)