jimmie rodgers' dream

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i'm looking at a funeral wagon rolling down, a two-lane highway winding past a desert town, a big blue canvas painted by the master's hand, the shifting clouds above and endless miles of sand, in that mirror maybe that's what's left of me, wheezing like a freight train hauling sixty tons of steel, air 'em out's the best release and get some rest, carrie don't wait up for me the brakeman's going west, in this room all alone, i dream of you, in this drawer i found someone, i never knew, now i pop a top and stay up late with gideon, and fall asleep to visions of meridian, i've seen dusty beaten delta boys cutting heads, a black face carney showman scare a song to death, in my short life i've seen as much as most men need, now i'm just looking for some cleaner air to breathe, far away, far away, so many years, so many days, all along this broken land, i've seen a lover's empty arms, and hunger's empty hand,