(for Jay Morgans & Jeff Sharpe)

I went looking for a time machine
but I can't think of anything
that gets you somewhere faster
than coffee and cigarettes.
So I filled up on both of them
I ran around like Superman
I called all of your old friends
looking for your new address.

Then I drove all night
down a one way mountain road
with a tank of gas and a quarter roll
I had my guitar case and two changes of clothes
and that was everything I owned.
But just to see you my friend,
I'd do it all again
In this low country fog
or these high mountain winds
Just to stand by your side
and look into your eyes
and have you ask me where I've been.
Yeah, you would ask me
where I'd been.

It's here the oceans meets the sky
and yet another train rolls by
A blinking old red diner sign screams
Open All Night.
Another lonely third shift crew
they always make me think of you-
more stories than libraries hide
behind their tired eyes.

But I drove all night
down a one way mountain road
with a tank of gas and a quarter roll.
I had my guitar case and two changes of clothes
and that was everything I owned.
And to see you again, you know i'd do it all, my friend
In this low country fog
or in the high desert winds
Just to stand by your side
and look into your eyes
and have you ask me where I've been.
Yeah, you could ask me where I've been.