Road Song

How I love these roads
Every far and lonely highway
Through basin and range
And a desert that never ends-
A sky so wide
You can feel your heart turn quiet
And then I listen
For the voices of my friends

One rides in the summer wind beside me
One flies with the stars
That set the wild night on fire
One runs close and steady as a river
I could drive for miles
Carried by that choir

From the hills of my hometown
To the Arizona canyons
From Chinle to Sky City
To the gorge of the Rio Grande-
The high and winding way
From Chimayo to Las Trampas
The long road bends
To the sweet sound of my friends

One's up where the clouds brush the mountains
One rushes down a stream
Past the bright columbine -
I could drive for miles
Just thinking about them
How I love the road
And these true friends of mine

One rides in the summer wind beside me
One flies with the stars
That set the wild night on fire
One runs close and steady as a river
I could drive for miles
Carried by that choir