Meter runs but the fare stays parked
Keys strike slow before the dark
Ribbon red as the canyon clay
Words ride hard then fade away
Santa Fe wind blows through the carriage return
Stories stuck where the ink won't burn
Desert types what the road won't learn
Dusty ribbon keeps its turn
Passenger seat holds a manuscript
Ink stains deep on the fingerprint
Driver knows each mile and bend
Typewriter clicks at journey's end
Santa Fe wind blows through the carriage return
Stories stuck where the ink won't burn
Desert types what the road won't learn
Dusty ribbon keeps its turn
Veranda boards creak under boot heels
Night clerk sleeps past the dinner meals
Paper feeds like a highway line
Each sentence pays its own fine
Santa Fe wind blows through the carriage return
Stories stuck where the ink won't burn
Desert types what the road won't learn
Dusty ribbon keeps its turn
Morning light hits the platen glass
Yesterday's words don't wait don't ask
Fare collected in black and white
Truth rides shotgun through the night
Two voices trade the steering wheel
One writes the map one drives the steel
Mesa ridges stretch long and thin
Every story finds its way in
Keys jam deep on a remembered phrase
Mile markers count the passing days
Ribbon winds to its final spool
Desert keeps what the writer rules
Santa Fe wind blows through the carriage return
Stories stuck where the ink won't burn
Desert types what the road won't learn
Dusty ribbon keeps its turn
Dusty ribbon keeps its turn
Engine cuts the typewriter cools
Santa Fe keeps its own rules