Track Insight / Lyrics
Engine coughs at dawn's first light
Steering wheel worn smooth and tight
Highway stretches white and wide
No passenger to ride inside
Cactus line runs straight and true
Miles of dust and sky so blue
Headlights cut the morning haze
Another fare, another day
I know these waters, sand for sea
Dunes like waves roll endlessly
My lamp once swept the rocky shore
Now I watch the highway's roar
Cactus line runs straight and true
Miles of dust and sky so blue
Headlights cut the morning haze
Another fare, another day
Radio plays static songs
Clock ticks slow, the night is long
Mile markers count down slow
Wonder where the travelers go
Storm taught me to read the sky
Desert teaches when to fly
Both know the lonely watch
Both carry what they cannot catch
Cactus line runs straight and true
Miles of dust and sky so blue
Headlights cut the morning haze
Another fare, another day
Salt wind gone, replaced by heat
But the keeping is complete
Every beam finds its own shore
Every driver finds a door
Cactus line runs straight and true
Miles of dust and sky so blue
Headlights cut the morning haze
Another fare, another day
Sun climbs high, the heat arrives
Mirages dance, the highway lives
Final passenger, a priest
Prays for water, prays for east
Cactus line runs straight and true
Miles of dust and sky so blue
Headlights cut the morning haze
Another fare, another day
Cactus line, I'm coming through
Miles of dust and sky so blue
Engine sighs at ride's end
Desert night becomes my friend
