[Chorus]

I'm getting packed now, Honey, grab your shoes

Let's hit the road, lose them downtown blues

Let's go out where the sun does shine

And where we cannot hear the city cry

[Verse 1]

This city's one big town

Of folks scrambling around

On their knees each day to make ends meet

But up above their sighs

Are only graying skies

They don't ever seem to make it to their feet

[Verse 2]

And in the shadow of this cityscape

It's easy to lose face

For a bad idea sure goes a long, long way

So like pennies to a wishing well

I'll ride this carousel

But the painted ponies never change their place

[Chorus]

So I'm getting packed now, Honey, grab your shoes

Let's hit the road, lose them downtown blues

Let's go out where the sun does shine

And where we cannot hear the city cry

[Verse 3]

Let's go hungry for a while

Just living by the miles

Two strays howling at an open sky

We'll go sniffing out the towns

Just like a couple hounds

And the motels want to sing us lullabies

[Verse 4]

Our worries'll be long gone

We will sing no lonesome song

And the buzzards they will wave as we go by

For their shadows have no place

And our dreams they can't erase

We'll let them circle other people's minds

[Chorus]

So I'm getting packed now, Honey, grab your shoes

Let's hit the road, lose them downtown blues

Let's go out where the sun does shine

And where we cannot hear the city cry

[Verse 5]

We'll pit our frames against the wind

Where there's no one to offend

And as for the dust, we'll let it cleanse us of our shame

There are no secrets to the sunshine

So we'll not idly spend her time

Instead we'll ask her to relieve us of our names

[Verse 6]

So as strangers then, we'll roam

And the highway will atone

For the doors we locked beneath the city haze

And we'll open up our lungs

And no longer tie our tongues

And if we find the key we'll bring it back someday

[Chorus]

So I'm getting packed now, Honey, grab your shoes

Let's hit the road, lose them downtown blues

Let's go out where the sun does shine

And where we cannot hear the city cry

Let's go out where the sun does shine

And where we cannot hear the city cry