Because of Toledo I got sober and stayed clean The pick-ups in the wild prairies The shadows dancing in between Girl leans on the jukebox In a pair of old blue jeans Says I live here but I don't really live anywhere Because of Toledo Tuesday it's raining And I'm pulling on my shoes I guess I quit believing in The early morning news There's a boy orders coffee And he settles down to think How the women that you love sometimes Are the water that you drink
Then another faded waitress dressed in pink Cries for Toledo The lipstick and the c**aine traces One face in a thousand faces I stumble through so many places 'Cause of Toledo Yeah Yeah, yeah Oh, yeah Yeah, yeah Because of Toledo The highway looks so thin I see another motel sign Think of pulling in Write your name upon the mirror there The only secret that I know But I guess that I'd be only chasing rainbows Back to Toledo I think I'll go