[00:07.930]Beneath a maple tree I watch the dying leaves let go
[00:12.310]And tumble down on the blacktop street
[00:14.600]Got some wild fire in these early morning eyes
[00:18.910]
[00:20.730]There's a shift in the wind and all the colors rush in
[00:24.030]I let it fill my heart till I feel it split
[00:27.110]Hit the road in just these clothes and get away
[00:31.590]
[00:33.280]Drop the everyday, make some love against the grain
[00:39.540]This nation is stitched up with Christmas lights
[00:46.210]Billboards dogmas and sex shop signs
[00:49.280]Strung along these roads we drive
[00:51.580]With haste when I need to slow down
[00:54.380]
[00:55.500]And there's a hurt that dwells in each town I pass
[00:58.860]Where a silent war broke the working man
[01:01.990]Left with little more than pink paper and rain
[01:06.410]
[01:08.290]Just trying to find the way back to shore again
[01:14.280]But what gets me the most is that hint of love
[01:17.820]That perseveres in the face of just giving up
[01:20.950]And that alone my friend is beauty you can't buy
[01:25.540]
[01:27.540]The darkest places fill with the faintest light
[01:32.210]
[01:50.260]So I pull off slow to the truck stop glow
[01:53.550]Kill the lights and just listen to the highway moan
[01:57.120]Like grandfather time singing blues to the western wind
[02:03.350]I fill up the tank and have a look around
[02:06.520]And I love what I see because it's all right now
[02:09.760]Go inside and give my money to a girl with soft brown eyes
[02:16.140]Though I hardly speak a word 'cause she froze me up inside
[02:22.310]And I curse the way I fall for everything
[02:25.740]Walk back to the car and let my secrets sting
[02:28.980]When the butterflies become a swarm of bees
[02:33.650]
[02:35.090]It's a delicate pose I taught myself to hold
[02:38.590]No chance for love without letting go of this free heart
[02:42.720]Unbound, chasing selfish dreams
[02:45.710]
[02:47.640]I'm just a lonely soldier on the road the greater things