Black Snake, Mojave Blues

With the edge of the Mojave
 Curling up into the fire
 The highway is a black snake
 The back of which I ride
 I can feel the city breathing out over the rise
 But the engine stops and shudders
 Think the dream's about to die
 With final mile stretched out
 The needle met the dash
 I ran hard upon a promise
 But I couldn't make it last
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 Well I swore there on the hood
 With the skyline below
 I'd walk among the failures
 Shipwrecked sailors and their gold
 The undiscovered genius
 The thousand secret songs
 The million dollar smiles getting tired getting old
 Hey there baby don't you look so sad
 The sun is just a big star running out of g-g-g-gas
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 Warning to the saints not to look into the light
 Nothing there to save you when you've sold it to the night
 Pawn whatever's left to lose beneath the palms
 For every fire burning there's an ocean in the dark
 In the dark
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 Burnouts on the blacktop
 Restless in the heat
 Leather under leather
 Empty veins and busted strings
 Nebraska girl no longer
 Checking groceries, saving tips
 She's the shadow 'neath the shadow
 Of a phone that never rings
 Call the number at the bottom of that faded billboard sign
 If you start to get too lonely and need someone to change your mind
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 Well you ghosts that never made it
 Take your seats behind the bar
 Sing your karaoke music in the space between the stars
 Just a small town girl
 Supersonic rocket man
 Tell me all about your pain
 Tell me all about your plans
 Well you television spirits, can I buy y'all a round
 I've played every dive in Portland but I'm kinda new in Town
 Warning to the saints not to look into the light
 Nothing there to save you when you've sold it to the night
 Pawn whatever's left to lose beneath the palms
 For every fire burning there's an ocean in the dark
 In the Dark
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 With the edge of the Mojave
 Curling up into the fire
 The highway is a black snake
 The back of which I ride
 I can feel the city breathing out over the rise
 But the engine stops and shudders
 Think the dream's about to die
 With final mile stretched out
 The needle met the dash
 I ran hard upon a promise
 But I couldn't make it