Track Insight / Lyrics
You grip the wheel past Flagstaff lights
Monsoon drops blur the white lines
That envelope rides shotgun side
Ink bleeding through the cardboard seams
Desert letter, wet and worn
Racing dawn on asphalt torn
Every mile a folded prayer
You drive it like you just don't care
Coffee cold in a chipped thermos cup
Static crackles on the CB band
Her handwriting shakes on the flap
Words you never got to understand
Desert letter, wet and worn
Racing dawn on asphalt torn
Every mile a folded prayer
You drive it like you just don't care
Painted cliffs flash through the glass
Saguaro shadows stretch and yawn
The postmark date reads three weeks back
But tonight you're finally bringing it home
Desert letter, wet and worn
Racing dawn on asphalt torn
Every mile a folded prayer
You drive it like you just don't care
Mailbox waits at a dirt road end
Porch light flickers, bulb gone dim
You slide it in, the metal cold
Engine idles, you don't look back again
Desert letter, wet and worn
Racing dawn on asphalt torn
Every mile a folded prayer
Delivered now, the burden gone
Desert letter, desert letter
Racing dawn, you brought it home
Engine cools on desert sand
Another fare, another land
