Badlands

[Verse] Driving through the badlands You were talking about time All those strange formations Making shadows you followed The purple of the ages And the painted yellow lines A photo never catches what you′re after It's further Easy does it, lead foot You got miles to get it right Look at all those silver hubcaps Spinning, the wind sends A thousand birds and startled waves Reversing through the sky Then emptiness right after that explosion [Chorus] Sweet understanding The sky is on fire above the badlands And when you least expect it You′re gonna find yourself traveling alone [Verse] Settling in sandstone There's a coyote on the rise Lonely as a figure in a painting It's painful You learn it all so slow You′ll be gone before you′re wise But maybe it's the highway that′ll change you [Chorus] Sweet understanding The sky is on fire above the badlands And when you least expect it You're gonna find yourself traveling Sweet understanding The sky is on fire above the badlands And when you least expect it You′re gonna find yourself traveling alone You're gonna find yourself traveling alone You′re gonna find yourself traveling alone