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