Dry Heat

Blythe, California, construction signs
Arizona dust storm, jumping state lines
Bet on the weather, you're bound to get beat
Yeah, it's damn hot but it's a dry heat
Page, Arizona, the hills of Lake Powell
Colorado River still running somehow
Radio static, I can pick out a voice
Leaving somewhere like I'm given a choice

Can't stay still, gotta keep going
Long as this dust is gonna keep blowing
Curving the road is ever ongoing
And I'm on to the next

Just last April it snowed in Nogales
The night was bright green, aurora borealis
They say it never ever comes this far south
Don't bet on the desert, you shut your damn mouth

Told it ain't light, thin as a thread
Messages sent and left on unread
For all that you know I could be dead
I don't stick to the text
I'm just on to the next

Defendant gives a context
Prosecution objects
The judge, he balances checks
The jury reads from their texts
Observers cry and perplexed
I stop to pay my respects
But I don't feel the effects
So I'm on to the next

I-15, had to pull over
Just about crashed like a Mars rover
I guess that I'm sleeping in the town of Mesquite
Yeah it's damn hot but it's a dry heat

Can't stay still, gotta keep going
Long as this dust is gonna keep blowing
Curving the road is ever ongoing
And you, you might think it's complex
What do you expect?
I don't stick to the text
And I'm on to the next