It's a long thin line, it sure is a hot and dusty day

And Colorado's more than eight hundred miles away

I called to tell you that I'd be home sometime tonight

If the roads are clear and the weather is right



Now to say I miss you is putting it lightly, can't you see

There's nothing better than havin' you lying next to me

Early in the morning, honey you're the first thing on my mind

Like the risin' sun to the travelin' kind



West Texas Wind, tell me why you try to hold me back

Tugging at my heart and pulling on my sleeve

You and this old guitar, you're always up for picking just one more song

And if I listen long enough to you I might never leave



Now the lights of Denver, they're gonna shimmer in the deep red of the dawn

And I'll grab my suitcase and slip it lightly through the door

And swear again I won't leave him anymore