Skippin’ town on a midnight train Those city lights can drive a boy insane Fell asleep to the drumming rain Ride, young Charley, ride Out in Omaha he found his muse A red-haired girl who really lit his fuse She made him want to learn to sing the blues Ride, young Charley, ride Out in the woods they fell in love While thunder rumbled from the clouds above His friends all said she fit him like a glove Ride, young Charley, ride (Instrumental) Well, they got married and they settled down Into a van that Charley drove around Woke up most days in a brand-new town Ride, Charley, ride Changed directions with the evening breeze They saw the mountains and they saw the seas That kind of beauty brings you to your knees Ride, Charley, ride For ten years they criss-crossed this land Just the two of them, hand in hand Never before was there a happier man Ride, Charley, ride (Instrumental) They sold the van and found a place to stay His face grew lined, her haired turning grey Their love grew stronger, though, day by day Ride, Charley, ride Now age is cruel and death isn’t fair One day he woke up and she wasn’t there Her spirit floated out into the air Ride, old Charley, ride After that, Charley wasn’t the same He was alone with only time to blame He lived for years, though, just nursing that flame Ride, old Charley, ride Then one day he up and rented a van Took one more trip across the length of the land Back to the woods where it all began Ride, Charley, ride Ten miles in, he knew he’d reached his end He heard her calling up around the bend No human eye ever saw him again Ride, Charley, ride (Instrumental outro)

Chasing down a rolling stone I found myself so far from home Like waking up from a dream When you’re not quite sure what it all means (C1) Follow me to the promised land I promise you that I’ll be your man (whoa-oh) Drink with me from the fountain Honey, I love you...or the mountains Sunrise breaks over the hills Burning off the morning chill But in the light love fades away and I’m not sure what I should say, except (C1) Chase each other round in circles, when’s it gonna end? Always hoping a new summit’s waiting round the bend But instead we slipped and fell and now there’s nothing to ascend We’ve tried this climb a thousand times Honey, we’ve tried this climb a thousand times Now it’s time to face what we both know That it’s way past time to go You can sit and wonder why I’ll find my answers in the sky (C2) Don’t follow me, ‘cause I have no plan Now I’m a free but a rambling (wandering/wounded) man You broke my heart, but who’s counting? Honey, I loved you...or the mountains

Woke from a dream to the sound of the melody A mouthful of dust in a house full of cats Couldn’t make out the words, but I knew what they said to me The warmth of the morning came in through the cracks (C) Oh how I wished that that song was for me But it went out to no one and that was the beauty I knew I couldn’t touch it, but it still embraced me And there, in the heat and the light I was free Wrapped up in heartstrings, in webs we were tangled It was a summer of love, and a summer of loss With the sunrise, another night martyred and mangled But we kept plunging on, unaware of the cost I wasn’t quite sure what my own life was worth I was hoping that you or somebody would tell me But an earful of song and a heart full of hurt Gave up all the answers my eyes couldn’t read (C) Well, one day I got up and left it for good All of the drama and all of the pain But learning’s about what you don’t know so I would Go back and do it all over again (Not change a thing if I did it again) And sometimes I miss you and sometimes I wonder Sometimes I wish I could just go back To the light, to the song, to the spell I was under To the warmth of the morning, seeping in through the cracks (C)

We all get a little lost sometimes When the road takes a sudden turn We underestimate the cost sometimes Of the bridges we burn We all want to see the forest sometimes But all we see is trees for days We all want to sing the chorus sometimes But the verse gets in the way (C1) But it’s okay to stumble on your way There’s time to play, no matter what they say You only learn when you crash and burn So don’t be concerned, ‘cause everybody gets their turn We all miss the point sometimes Wondering what it all means We all make the mistake sometimes Of trading people for screens We all want to be loved sometimes But we don’t know how to love ourselves We all get a little lonely sometimes But that’s not bad for your health (C2) It’s alright if things aren’t always bright Don’t get uptight, soon enough you’ll see daylight You’re not alone, wherever you may roam Known or unknown, you can hear it through the headphones We all get a little lost sometimes When the road takes a sudden turn We underestimate the cost sometimes Of the bridges we burn (C1)

Hey there, bright girl Yeah, you know me I’m the guy Of not your dreams You came out to drink at this bar but now you have to talk over my guitar Sorry if my songs are too fuckin’ sad I really don’t think things are all that bad (C) If you want, I could sing you a song Where we fall in love and just get along Or at least hold hands and stay up too late To watch the night turn into the day (hold) Hey there bright girl, Yeah, I know you You’re the one who could Help me through You look at people like There’s something there A kind of light of which You’re never scared (I’m not aware) Would you see it if you looked at me? Who would I be if I was the me you’d see? (C) Could I be someone who makes you smile? Who you’d want to talk with for a little while? Or am I just another of those parodies of The sad bastard songwriter singing about love? Hey there, bright girl Well, you don’t know me And I don’t know you In all honesty What I think you are, well, it isn’t real A perfect princess Off a movie reel And even if by chance you really cared expecting you to fix me, well, it just isn’t fair (C) But I’d like to know who you really are So why don’t you and I get up and leave this bar? And in a world so full of pain and night, For a little while we could both be bright

There must be ways to fly to reach out and touch the dawn there must be ways to trip and pick yourself up to carry on there must be ways to dance without tripping on your feet there must be ways to dream without twisting in your sheets (C1) But I know the way that wings of wax melt and suddenly I’m plunging down towards the ground it's safer here, but it’s so dark down here I'll just watch and wait and maybe a star will fall there must be ways to love without breaking two hearts there must be ways to come together without falling apart there must be ways to touch without letting go there must be ways to trust without needing (having) to know (C2) Sitting down here, looking at the stars I know your arms could give me wings but I don't deserve the view and I don't deserve you so I'll just watch and wait and maybe a star will fall there must be ways to run that aren’t running away there must be ways to cry that can say what I can't say there must be ways to fly and know you've flown there must be ways to be and not be alone (C1)

Woke up this morning When the glow of the screens Intruded upon My pointed pine sea A beep through the silence Plucked me from the sand To answer a world of Electronic demands I’m trying to listen But these voices, so loud Angels singing to me From up in the cloud (C1) God’s in his heaven And we’re here below Both Google and god Now know where you go Satellites watching With thousands of eyes Facebook notifications When somebody dies Ten-second stories Self-driving cars Your likes and your mentions Tell you who you are If you weren’t online What did you miss? If you aren’t online Do you really exist? (Together we stand alone we fear If you aren’t online Are you really here?) (C2) Swipe, tap, type and tell us everything Add your voice to the song that we all sing Swipe, tap, type and tell us everything If you won’t, then what is it you’re hiding? (C1) (C2)

(C) Mother Roads In your light I roam Mother Roads The highway is my home All the days my road is straight I know you’re by my side And in the dark you clear the sky So under crystal stars I ride When the sun beats down you send me shade To shield me from the heat And in the cold you help me keep my cool Sliding through the ice and sleet (C) When the hard rain falls and the wind begins to howl You stick me to the ground When I’m wandering through the desert’s barren wastes You guide me when no one’s around When I’m lost and I can’t find my way You save me from the wilderness And when I’m found you whisper in my ear again That it’s the open road I miss (C) (Instrumental) (C)