William Finn - Hitchhiking Across America lyrics

After college I set out to travel the country Tried to make a friend Put my thumb out Wondered how it'd all come out And how this thing would end I'd had women in the past Now I'm looking toward tomorrow Hitchhiking across America With a sign that's saying: "I like boys" Picked up by a rover At the setting of the sun Glad to get it over I just did it, and was done And I have to say I kinda had some fun I met a plumber I screwed a tailor I was picked up by a drummer And a sailor got his guy But today when I love you Hey, how I love you I think of all the cars that pa**ed me by And I was Hitchhiking across America Waiting for you Hitchhiking across America Waiting for you Hitchhiking across America But I never saw you coming Coming down the road 'Round near Dallas I roped a few steers before I moved on Tried to make a plan Smart and callous Not the stupid innocent I was when I began Though the road was kind of long There are moments I remember Hitchhiking across America Waiting for you Hitchhiking across America Waiting for you Hitchhiking across America But I never saw you coming Coming down the road I waited As Plymouths and DeSotos A yearbook's worth of photos Came at me all aglow I waited For what, I didn't really know It's been how long? Fifteen years or so? Feels like thirty Sometimes feels like five This is your song Also my song, too But I'm just glad that we're alive I stood out there on the road Full of dread And full of wonder Hitchhiking across America That was something this dumb kid once did Now that we're older And we're wise and settled down I'm standing on the shoulder Of a road outside of town And I watch the cars And wonder where they're bound Will they meet lovers? Will they get happiness? When they slip beneath the covers of the bed Who will they find? What will they find? But today when I love you God, how I love you I think of all the lives we left behind Hitchhiking across America Waiting for you Hitchhiking across America Waiting for you Hitchhiking across America And then, by God, I saw you Coming down the road Coming down the road Coming down the- Hitchhiking across America And then, by God, I saw you Coming down the road Coming Coming down the road