Track Insight / Lyrics
Black leather on a heavy wheel
Cold metal with a frozen feel
Red canyon and a copper sky
The miles go drifting quickly by
Old oil lamp in a salty room
The ocean is a heavy loom
I polish boots for a working man
Across a dry and burning sand
Buff the leather, feel the heat
Rolling down a desert street
Open highway, endless gold
Stories that the wind has told
A silver brush and a steady hand
Sifting through the Arizona sand
The horizon is a thin white line
I keep the rhythm, keep the time
Buff the leather, feel the heat
Rolling down a desert street
Open highway, endless gold
Stories that the wind has told
Salt air turns to desert glare
Static hanging in the air
Cut the light and kill the flame
Nothing here is quite the same
Glass lenses in a tower high
Watch the ships beneath a navy sky
Now I steer through the cactus thorn
Waiting for a different morn
Stitch the seam and pull the thread
Follow where the road is led
Burn the fuel and chase the sun
Until the long distance is done
Buff the leather, feel the heat
Rolling down a desert street
Open highway, endless gold
Stories that the wind has told
Sanding down the road.
Buff it down.
Drive it out.