They were hiding behind hay bales   They were planting in the full moon   They had given all they had   For something new      But the light of day was on them   They could see the thrashers coming   And the water shone   Like diamonds in the dew      And I was just gettin' up   Hit the road before it's light   Tryin' to catch an hour on the sun      When I saw those thrashers rollin' by   Lookin' more than two lanes wide   I was feelin' like my day had just begun      Where the eagle glides descending   There's an ancient river bending   Through the timeless gorge of changes   Where a sleeplessness awaits      I searched out my companions   who were lost in crystal canyons   When the aimless blade of science   Slashed the pearly gates      It was then I knew I'd had enough   Burned my credit card for fuel   Headed out to where   The pavement turns to sand      With a one way ticket to the land of truth   And my suitcase in my hand   How I lost my friends   I still don't understand      They had the best selection   They were poisoned with protection   There was nothing that they needed   Nothing left to find      They were lost in rock formations   Or became park bench mutations   On the sidewalks and in the stations   They were waiting, waiting      So I got bored and left them there   They were just dead weight to me   Better down the road without that load      Brings back the time   When I was eight or nine   I was watchin' my mamas TV   It was that great 'Grand Canyon' rescue episode      Where the vulture glides descending   On an asphalt highway bending   Through libraries and museums   Galaxies and stars      Down the windy halls of friendship   To the rose clipped by the bull whip   The motel of lost companions   Waits with heated pool and bar      But me I'm not stopping there   Got my own row left to hoe   Just another line in the field of time      When the thrasher comes   I'll be stuck in the sun   Like the dinosaurs in shrines   But I'll know the time has come to give what's mine