Borrowed Land

Songtext

[Verse 1] I left Reno with a coffee stain On a map folded wrong again Sagebrush leaning by the county line Like it knew what I was leaving behind The motel key was cold in my hand One blue room and a borrowed plan Your name was written on the windshield dust I wiped it clean, but it followed us [Chorus] Nevada, hold the door wide I got a heart I couldn't hide Between the salt flats and the radio I learned how far a lost man goes Nevada, if the morning comes Tell her I was more than running I was looking for a place to stand With both feet down in borrowed land [Verse 2] At Tonopah, the diner girl Pinned a silver moon to her apron curl She said, “You look like you've missed your train” I said, “It never came through here anyway” Past Beatty, the sky turned white Heat rose dancing off Route 95 I heard your laugh in the engine's strain Then the desert swallowed it up again [Chorus] Nevada, hold the door wide I got a heart I couldn't hide Between the salt flats and the radio I learned how far a lost man goes Nevada, if the morning comes Tell her I was more than running I was looking for a place to stand With both feet down in borrowed land [Bridge] Now the headlights find a fence line A black cross and a rusted sign I pull over where the silence bends And say your name like a prayer to a friend Maybe love is not a highway Maybe it is staying when the dust blows through Maybe every mile I drove away Was just another road back to you [Final Chorus] Nevada, leave the door wide I have got nothing left to hide From the salt flats to the radio I know exactly where I need to go Nevada, when the morning comes I will turn this old truck around If she is waiting where the sagebrush stands I will put my heart back in her hands [Outro] The sun comes up on a two-lane road And I drive home lighter than I drove