Downey to Lubbock

Well I'm a wild blues Blaster from a sunburnt California town

I got a loud Stratocaster that can blow any roadhouse down

You know I been up on the mountain and I looked for the

Promised Land

And I've been to the ashgrove and I shook lightning's hand

Now I'm leaving tonight, people

I'm down in the Lubbock ground

Well I'm an old Flatlander from the great Heartlands

Like wanderlust and wonder,

West Texas wind blows through my veins

But it seemed like California was the place to be

For a hippy country singer, that was me

And I'm leavin' tonight, man, I'm Lubbock to Downey bound

Forty years on the highway, livin' on dreams and gasoline

And somehow still survivin' on Advil, NyQuil and nicotine

Every city and every heartbreak, every hopeful kiss

Every road I've traveled has led me to this

Now I'm leaving tonight, well I'm Downey to Lubbock bound

Well I took a lot of detours, cul-de-sacs and dead ends

Well I made a lot of music, and I made a lot of friends

I took a lot of turns, maybe some were not that good

If I had to do it over, well I surely, mostly would

I'd stay right on this highway, that's Lubbock to Downey bound

Well I'm a wild blues Blaster lookin' to find what can be found

And I'm an old Flatlander, I've been round and round and round

I know someday this old

Highway's gonna come to an end

Well, I know when it does you're gonna be my friend

So I'm leaving tonight, people

I'm Downey to Lubbock bound

I'm leaving tonight, I'm Lubbock to Downey bound