Lyrics

I can hear people laughing, I can see fires burning
I can smell dinner cooking by the river
The ciccadas are singing in the treetops gently swaying
to the slow steady pulsing of the river
They say, "You know that you've been here all your life, boy"
though I'm sure I've never passed this way before
It all makes me kind of wonder, wonder just a bit
what the hell I want to leave Missouri for

You're a true devi's daughter lying here near the water
making love to the cowboy by the river
You've got eyes like a skylight shining even in the daylight
that reflects off the water of the river
You say "You know that you've been here all your life, boy"
though I'm sure I've barely seen your face before
It all makes me kind of wonder, wonder just a bit
what the hell I want to leave Missouri for

It's a world of madness and it's got a lot of pain
I've always been a drifter on the run
Never found me nothing to keep me sitting out the rain
Can it be my days upon the road are done?
Can it be my days upon the road are done?