West of Sante Fe

We were seventeen, but he was sweet and it was true

Still I did what I had to do

'Cuz I just knew

Summer Sunday nights

We'd sink into our seats Right as they dimmed out all the lights

The Technicolor world made out of music and machine

It called me to be on that screen

And live inside its sheen

Without a nickel to my name Hopped a bus, here I came

Could be brave or just insane We'll have to see

'Cuz maybe in that sleepy town He'll sit one day, the lights are down

He'll see my face and think of how he used to know me

Behind these hills I'm reaching for the heights

And chasing all the lights that shine

And when they let you down

You'll get up off the ground

As morning rolls around And it's another day of sun

I hear them everyday

The rhythms in the canyons that will never fade away

The ballads in the ballrooms left by those who came before

They say we got to want it more

So I bang on every door

And even when the answer's no Or when my money's running low

The disc and mic and neon glow are all I need

And some day as I sing the song A small-town kid will come along

That'll be the thing to push him on and he'll go

Behind these hills I'm reaching for the heights

And chasing all the lights that shine

And when they let you down

You'll get up off the ground

As morning rolls around And it's another day of sun

When they let you down

The morning rolls around

It's another day of sun

It's another day of sun

It's another day of sun

It's another day of sun

Just another day of sun

It's another day of sun

The day has just begun

It's another day of sun

It's another day of sun