When I was a hitchhiker on the road, I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease the load and for conversation too
Or did you just drive on through ?
You didn't see me in Toronto when I first tried out some hash
Smoked through a pen and I'd do it again but I didn't have cash
I didn't have the cash
Then I tried amphetamines and my head was in a gla**
Taped underneath the speedometer wires of my '48 Buick's dash
But I knew that wouldn't last
Then came California where I first saw open water
In the land of opportunity I knew I was getting hotter
I knew I was getting hotter
But the neon lights and the endless nights they took me by surprise
The doctor gave me valium but I still couldn't close my eyes
I still couldn't close my eyes
Then came paranoia and it ran away with me
I couldn't sign my autograph or appear on TV
Or see or be seen
Living in the country looked good to me
Smoking gra** while the summer pa**ed in the real organic sea
Where everything was green
Then we had a kid and we split apart, I was living on the road
A little c**aine went a long long way to ease that different load
And my head did explode, my head did explode
I wish I was an Aztec or a runner in Peru
I could build such beautiful buildings to house the chosen few
Like an Inca from Peru
Many years have come and gone
Like friends and enemies I tried to leave my past behind
But it's catching up with me
I don't know how I'm standing here
Living my life, I'm thankful for my children
And my faithful wife