Pray For Tuscon

On a sunset I-10 mile lies a body beneath a sheet The orange sky don’t seem to mind but I’m on the edge of my seat There’s ten thousand auto lights dead stopped in dirty Tucson heat We crane our necks to get a glimpse, and ride on by while I nurse defeat Nurse defeat It’s that same old sinking feeling, that blows on in from time to time The only consolation comes tying despair to a rhyme And knowing some are at home working, raising kids and saying prayers Unaware of modern science, they may be wrong but I don’t care They pray for Tucson, they pray for me They pray these roads lead home and won’t take us too far Take us too far Well we get these years to play with and I’ve been game to roll the dice But lately staring in the mirror has been showing me the price Of all the reckless toxic gambling; having my fate hang from a string The lonesome nights with pills and powders, the fuel I pretend helps me sing So pray for Tucson, pray for me Pray these roads lead home and won’t take us too far Pray for Tucson, pray for me I hope your faith is what will carry me If there's something past those stars Cause the spell breaks every time I see those funeral cars Or when they throw the floodlights on and I’m left stranded at the bar I spend so many nights tempting fate with this guitar but I’m coming home So pray for Tucson, pray for me Pray these roads lead home and won’t take us too far Pray for Tucson, pray for me Pray these roads lead home and won’t take us too far Pray for Tucson, pray for me Pray for Tucson I hope your faith is what will carry me If there's something past those stars Pray for me