C
They were hiding behind hay bales
F C
They were planting in the Full Moon
C/B Am7 F G
They had given all they had for something new
C
But the light of day was on them
F C
They could see the thrasher coming
C C/B Am7 F G
And the water shone like diamonds in the dew
F G
And I was just getting up
C F
To hit the road before its light
G C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C
trying to catch an hour on the sun
F G
When I saw those thrashers rolling by
C C/B Am7 Am/C
Looking more than two lanes wide
Dm7 G
I was feeling like my day had just begun
C
Where the eagles glide descending
F C
There's an ancient river bending
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F G
Down the timeless gorge of changes where sleeplessness awaits
C
I searched out my companions
F C
who were lost in crystal canyons
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F G
When the aimless blade of science slashed the pearly gates
F G C F
It was then I knew I'd had enough burned my credit card for fuel
F G C Cmaj7 C
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand
F G C C/B Am7 Am7/G
With a one-way ticket to the land of truth and my suitcase in my hand
Dm7 G
How I lost my friends I still dont understand
C
They had the best selection
F C
They were poisoned with protection
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
There was nothing that they needed
F G
nothing left to find
C
They were lost in rock formations
F C
Or became park bench mutations
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F G
On the the sidewalks and in the stations they were waiting waiting
F G
So I got bored and left them there
C F
They were just dead weight to me
F G C Cmaj7 Cmaj7 C
Better down the road without that load
F G
Bring's back the time I was eight or nine
C Am7 Am7/G
I was watching my Mama's TV
Dm7 G
It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode
C
With the vulture glides descending
F C
On an asphalt highway bending
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F G
Through libraries and museums galaxies and stars
C
Down the windy halls of friendship
F C
To the rose clipped by the bullwhip
C C/B Am7 Am7/G F G
The motel of lost companions waits with heated pool and bar
F G
But me I'm not stopping there
C F
Got my own row left to hoe
F G C Cmaj7
Just another line in the field of time
F G
When the thrashers come I'll be stuck in the sun
C Am7 Am7/G
Like the dinosaurs in shrines
Dm7 G
But I'll know the time has come to give what's mine