Silver spokes spin in the glare
Hot wind tangles in my hair
Red clay stains the rubber tire
Sunlight burns like liquid fire
Stay a while on the veranda floor
Count the keys to every open door
Sipping ice in a plastic glass
Watching all the lonely travelers pass
Check-in girl with a heavy gaze
Lost inside a turquoise haze
Wurlitzer humming a lazy tune
Underneath a pale white afternoon
Stay a while on the veranda floor
Count the keys to every open door
Sipping ice in a plastic glass
Watching all the lonely travelers pass
Saddle bags leaking a little salt
Braking hard to a sudden halt
Sanded paint on a rusted rail
A paper map that is thin and frail
Stay a while on the veranda floor
Count the keys to every open door
Sipping ice in a plastic glass
Watching all the lonely travelers pass
Two wheels leaning by the potted plant
Cigarette smoke like a quiet chant
Check the oil and the chain for grit
Wait for the desert lamp to be lit
The horizon is a thin gold line
Where the mesa and the heaven twine
No one asks where the rider goes
Only the dry summer zephyr knows
Trade the road for a cotton sheet
Cooling down from the midday heat
One last look at the shimmering road
Lightening up the heavy load
Stay a while on the veranda floor
Count the keys to every open door
Sipping ice in a plastic glass
Watching all the lonely travelers pass
High desert chrome Finally home
Just drifting home