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