You balance on a silver thread
With Arizona red below your tread
The wind is humming through the steel
The vertigo is all you feel
You see the asphalt cutting deep
Where all the desert spirits sleep
A long grey ribbon in the glare
You hang suspended in the air
Oh, catch the light on the open road
Carry the weight of a heavy load
High above the shimmering heat
Where the sky and the highway meet
The copper cables start to sway
While golden hours fade to grey
You watch the headlights start to bloom
Like white carnations in the gloom
Oh, catch the light on the open road
Carry the weight of a heavy load
High above the shimmering heat
Where the sky and the highway meet
Your boots are worn and your grip is tight
You are the ghost of the desert night
One steady breath and a single spark
Cutting a path through the velvet dark
The salt flats glitter like a sea
You wonder when you will be free
The humming wire is a hymn you know
While the black sedans flicker low
You lean into the sudden gust
Your only faith is in the rust
The distance calls in a low refrain
Like a sudden scent of summer rain
Oh, catch the light on the open road
Carry the weight of a heavy load
High above the shimmering heat
Where the sky and the highway meet
Just a wire in the wind
Where the open roads begin
Hold the line
Hold the line
