Grand Canyon

[Written by Patterson Hood] We went to Grand Canyon And we stood at the expanse And we watched the rocks change colors And we watched the shadows dance And we probably didn't say anything As the sunset turned to night We let the spirits do the talking With cascades of faded light And we drove across the desert Saw the mountain range at dawn Heard the thunder rumbles echo Against the rocks that God were made from And we drove across the wastelands Until we finally reached the sea And I wonder how a life so sturdy Just one day cease to be I'm never one to wonder About the things beyond control I stare off into the darkness And I feel the highway roll, I feel the highway roll And we roll on in the darkness To some city far away Lug our sorrows, pains and angers And we turn them into play There's no time to dwell upon it It's this life that we chose That made it all worth living Through the horrors that life throws If the recently departed make the sunsets To say farewell to the ones they leave behind There were technicolor hues to see our sadness through As the sun over Athens said goodbye, said goodbye, said goodbye There's a white owl at my window Soft-lit in fading light He'll go soaring through the clouds And go hunting through the night And in my dreams I still can see him Flying through a western sky And I'll think about Grand Canyon And I'll lift my glass and smile I'll lift my glass and smile, and smile