| D | G | D | G | D | G | D | G |
| D | |
| Got caught up in a breakaway dream |
| Cadd9 | G | |
| Destin | ation city of New | Orleans |
| Cadd9 | G | |
| Cheap motels and | big rig swells |
| D | |
| Crossing | bridges for eternity |
| [D}Headed west for a two week stand |
| Cadd9 | G | |
| Saw the | poets of workaday | glasses |
| Cadd9 | G | |
| Las | Cruces is a | part of you now |
| D | Cadd9 | G | |
| Desert | birds sing songs of | laughter |
| A | |
| Still | out there with the coffee stains |
| G | |
| And | putting miles on shoes |
| A | |
| Can't | escape the smell of cigarettes |
| Bm | C | G | |
| Still | living out these Am | erican late night | blues |
| Intro again |
| D | |
| Best to clear the mind |
| Cadd9 | G | |
| With a | Mexicali radio | station |
| Cadd9 | G | |
| Keep an eye out for the | border patrol |
| D | G | |
| Checking for | drugs and so called | aliens |
| D | |
| Highways and dreams forever together |
| C | G | |
| In the | minds of the free and the | innocent |
| C | G | |
| Always a future in the | traveler's hands |
| D | C | G | |
| Starting | fires on the river of | madness |
| A | |
| Still | out there with the coffee stains |
| G | |
| And | putting miles on shoes |
| A | |
| Can't | escape the smell of cigarettes |
| Bm | C | G | |
| Still | living out these Am | erican late night | blues |
| Intro again |
| A | |
| Still | out there with the coffee stains |
| G | |
| And | putting miles on shoes |
| A | |
| Can't | escape the smell of cigarettes |
| Bm | C | G | |
| Still | living out these Am | erican late night | blues |
| Intro again to end the song on D |