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I get out of my car
Step into the night
And look up at the sky
And there's something bright
Travelling fast
Just look at it go
 
I've been to Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana
Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana
Monterey, Faraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa
Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa
Tennessee to Tennesse Chicopee,
Spirit Lake Grand Lake, Devils Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake

I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man Crossed the desert's bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
 
You may be right,
I may be crazy.
But I just might be the lunatic you're looking for.
Turn out the lights,
Don't try to save me.
You may be wrong, for all I know
But you may be right.
 
I'm going back to 505
If it's a seven-hour flight or a 45-minute drive
In my imagination, you're waiting lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs
 
There's a stain on my notebook
Where your coffee cup was
And there's ash in the pages
Now I've got myself lost

I was writing to tell you
That my feelings tonight
Are a stain on my notebook
That rings your goodbye
 
You drink your coffee and
I sip my tea and we're
Sitting here, playing so cool, thinking
What will be, will be

Well, it's getting kind of late now
Oh, I wonder if you'll stay now, stay now, stay now, stay now
Or will you just politely say, "Goodnight"?
 
What chance of meeting
So far out here
As if repeating
What's never clear

The verdant meadows
The smoky coil
The air and ether
The boiling soil

I read your novel
The names were switched
I heard you travel
You must be rich

Those distant cities
Are safe and warm
Within their walls
Of chloroform
 
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