Jeff Davis County Blues

After three nights in jail

I head north from Toyahvale

Switch to 285 in Pecos

Head up to Red Bluff

My walk's real steady and my eyes are real cold

But I feel like I'm all of 16 years old

Lost in the Travelodge with the television on with the sound down

I don't feel so tough

Old issues of Sunset magazine to read

Sleep for twelve hours and dream about home

I have no place to go

So I drive up to New Mexico

Fix my eyes in the rear view

When I cross the state line

And I panic, I guess, and although it's quite late

I take the first exit to 128

I am coming back to Midland

And I hope you won't mind

Polaroids of the two of us

Scattered on the passenger seat

I drive slowly and evenly

And I dream about home