On the Highway

Outer reaches come and go, and I'm forever grateful Come and tell me long and slow exactly what I'll wait for Better times, yeah, better times, somehow, I don't believe it I built a house up long ago just to up and leave it There's a bright light in the cold dark night so bloom where you're planted Still, I pray to the summer rain and every heart that's slanted Borderlines and severed ties and the crickets in the meadow Form a line and say goodbye to such a lucky fellow Out on the highway like a portrait in the rain Out on the highway, we'll never be the same again Whittled like a mousetrap queen of the sky, oh tell me I'm forgiven Simulated pilgrims, why, oh why won't they take me with them? Sell me something bright and shinier than I can imagine Parting ways, those summer days, so happy to have had them Out on the highway, there's a storm out in the west Out on the highway, oh God, I'm such a mess once again Out on the highway, it all comes crashing down Out on the highway, yeah, where would we be now? I don't know