From the Arizona desert to the Salisbury Plain
Lights on the horizon patterns on the grain
Anxious eyes turned upward clutching souvenirs
Carrying our highest hopes and our darkest fears
They swear there was an accident back in ‘47
Little man with a great big head splattered down from heaven
Government conspiracy, cover-ups and lies
Hidden in the desert under endless skies
Well, [...]
Now, out here in the country where the weather gets so mean
She thinks about the places that she ain’t never seen
And she knows that she’s married but she can’t remember why
And she wonders what it might feel like with some other guy
And though she’s hotter than an oven
Just to fill your lovin’ cup
If a man [...]
Walkin’ like a millionaire, smilin’ like a king
He leaned his shopping cart against the wall
He said, “I been a lot of places and I seen a lot of things
But, sonny, I seen one thing that beats ‘em all
I was flyin’ back from Lubbock, I saw Jesus on the plane
Or maybe it was Elvis, you know, [...]
Sometimes I wonder, where it is love goes
I don’t know if even heaven knows
I know you had some dreams that didn’t quite come true
And now I’m not the one, little girl, who’s keepin’ you
I was either standing in your shadow or blockin’ your light
Though I kept on tryin’ I could not make it right
For you [...]
Oh, it’s cold and lonely here
Here in this telephone booth
There’s three sides to every story, baby
There’s yours and there’s mine and the cold, hard truth
I think there’s something missing ’round here
I don’t know where it’s gone
But it’s a long way back home
The heat don’t work
The toaster don’t work
And the car don’t work
And I guess I [...]