Jeff Davis County Blues

After three nights in jail
 I head north from Toyahvale
 Switch to 285 in Pecos
 Head up to Red Bluff
 My walk's real steady and my eyes are real
 But I feel like I'm all of 16 years old
 Lost in the Travelodge with the television on with the sound down
 I don't feel so tough
 Old issues of Sunset magazine to read
 Sleep for twelve hours and dream about home
 I have no place to go
 So I drive up to New Mexico
 Fix my eyes in the rear view
 When I cross the state line
 And I panic, I guess, and although it's quite late
 I take the first exit to 128
 I am coming to Midland
 And I hope you won't mind
 Polaroids of the two of us
 Scattered on the passenger seat
 I drove slowly and evenly
 And I dream about home