I'm looking at a funeral wagon rolling down

A two-lane highway winding past a desert town

A big blue canvas painted by the Master's hand

The shifting clouds above and endless miles of sand

In that mirror maybe that's what's left of me

Wheezing like a freight train hauling sixty tons of steel

Air 'em out's the best release and get some rest

Carrie don't wait up for me the brakeman's going West



[Chorus]

In this room all alone

I dream of you

In this drawer I found someone

I never knew



Now I pop a top and stay up late with Gideon

And fall asleep to visions of Meridian

I've seen dusty beaten delta boys cutting heads

A black face carney showman scare a song to death

In my short life I've seen as much as most men need

Now I'm just looking for some cleaner air to breathe



[Repeat chorus]



Far away, far away

So many years, so many days

All along this broken land

I've seen a lover's empty arms

And hunger's empty hand



[Repeat chorus]