Austin To El Paso

It's a ten-hour drive to our next show

across the western wasteland

with no gigs in between

and the gas gauge says we are empty

but that's okay

'cause we don't burn gasoline

we burn our dreams

we burn our hopes

this van should have died a hundred-thousand miles ago

but it keeps going

we've got our good-luck charms on the dashboard

I've been driving all day

i've been driving all night

i think i can drive for the rest of my whole life

And when i feel like i'm about to fall asleep

i just stare at the taillights of the truck in front of me

and i pretend that they are eyes

and the bumper is a mouth

filled with red and white teeth

and it guides me safely to the sunrise again

But if by chance i fall asleep at the wheel tonight

and crash and die

construct a roadside monument

to commemorate my life

and honk your horn every time that you drive by

And i will be so grateful

i will be so grateful

just to know that you still care

and i will be so thankful

yes, i will be so thankful

know that somebody's still there

This road is a long and ugly road but

this road kind of feels like my home

i'm always aching

to find out just exactly where it goes

Icarus made some wings and tried to fly up to the sun

even though everybody told him that it could not be done

so he died, but at least he tried

and i bet that he had fun

And you may say there's not a lot to see on this drive

and i guess you would be right

but you're never gonna see the stars shine this bright

And i don't know what it is we hope we'll find

but i plan on lookin' for it all of my life

because i feel like something must be missing

something's missing

Can't you feel that empty feeling inside

doesn't it make you wanna get in your car

or run your bike and ride

just to see what you might find out there

So i wear my tires thin

I'll destroy the soles on my shoes

i'll walk into the wind

and i'll send postcards back to you

i'll miss my dearest friends

and i'll miss this city too

but i'll feel bound, obligated

to do what i have to do

'Cause the sun never really sets

no the sun never goes down

we're just spinning

around and around and around and around and around

No the sun never really sets

no the sun never goes down

we're just spinning

around and around and around and around and around

and around and around