[Verse 1]
 
[D]
They were hiding behind hay bales,
          [G]               [D]
They were planting in the Full Moon,
               [D/C#]     [Bm7]               [G]   [A]
They had given all they had for something new,
        [D]
But the light of day was on them,
           [G]                [D]
They could see the thrasher coming,
        [D]     [D/C#]       [Bm7]             [G]    [A]
And the water shone like diamonds in the dew.
 
[G]              [A]
And I was just getting up,
   [D]                       [G]
To hit the road before its light,
                   [A]           [D]    [Dmaj7] [Dmaj7] [D]
trying to catch an hour on the sun,
[G]                        [A]
When I saw those thrashers rolling by,
        [D]          [D/C#]      [Bm7]    [Bm/D]
Looking more than  two lanes wide,
      [Em7]                          [A]
I was feeling like my day had just begun.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
          [D]
Where the eagles glide descending,
           [G]             [D]
There's an ancient river bending,
         [D]        [D/C#]     [Bm7]     [Bm7/A]  [G]             [A]
Down the timeless gorge of changes where sleeplessness awaits,
  [D]
I searched out my companions,
         [G]               [D]
who were lost in crystal canyons,
         [D]       [D/C#]     [Bm7]     [Bm7/A]       [G]            [A]
When the aimless blade of science slashed the pearly gates,
 
[G]                      [A]                     [D]               [G]
It was then I knew I'd had enough, burned my credit card for fuel,
[G]                       [A]                 [D]    [Dmaj7] [D]
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand,
       [G]                     [A]                    [D]        [D/C#]  [Bm7]   [Bm7/A]
With a one-way ticket to the land of truth and my suitcase in my hand.
      [Em7]                                   [A]
How I lost my friends I still dont understand.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
[D]
They had the best selection,
          [G]                [D]
They were poisoned with protection,
          [D]       [D/C#]      [Bm7]     [Bm7/A]
There was nothing that they needed, 
[G]               [A]
nothing left to find.
          [D]
They were lost in rock formations,
   [G]                    [D]
Or became park bench mutations,
           [D]         [D/C#]       [Bm7]      [Bm7/A]           [G]        [A]
On the the sidewalks and in the stations,      they were waiting, waiting.
 
[G]                  [A]
So I got bored and left them there,
          [D]                   [G]
They were just dead weight to me,
[G]               [A]                 [D]    [Dmaj7] [Dmaj7] [D]
Better down the road without that load,
[G]                           [A]
Bring's back the time I was eight or nine,
      [D]                  [Bm7]   [Bm7/A]
I was watching my Mama's TV,
            [Em7]                             [A]
It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode.
         [D]
With the vulture glides descending,
      [G]               [D]
On an asphalt highway bending,
        [D]         [D/C#]    [Bm7] [Bm7/A]  [G]            [A]
Through libraries and museums,       galaxies and stars.
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
         [D]
Down the windy halls of friendship,
       [G]                   [D]
To the rose clipped by the bullwhip,
    [D]        [D/C#]  [Bm7]       [Bm7/A]      [G]               [A]
The motel of lost companions waits with heated pool and bar.
[G]               [A]
But me, I'm not stopping there,
        [D]              [G]
Got my own row left to hoe,
[G]            [A]                    [D]    [Dmaj7]
Just another line in the field of time.
 [G]                               [A]
When the thrashers come I'll be stuck in the sun,
         [D]            [Bm7]      [Bm7/A]
Like the dinosaurs in shrines,
         [Em7]                                   [A]
But I'll know the time has come to give what's mine.