I'm standing out in the rain

Beneath the pines

I'm sticking out my thumb

No cars in sight

Plantlike sieves for shoes

Not fit for the rainy night of America

And the raw road night

My heart beats bright

Sal paradise just needs a ride

I shamble after the mad ones

Mad to live

Mad to talk

Who never yawn

Mad to be saved

Desirous of everything

Who never say commonplace things

But burn burn burn

Like yellow roman candles

Like spiders across the stars

I'm on the road that leads to where you are

I'm riding on the plains 'neath purple skies

I'm living on ice cream and apple pie

I've rushed past the pretty girls

The prettiest girls in America

As I ride on by

My heart beats life

Sal paradise just lives to write

And shamble after the mad ones

Mad to live

Mad to talk

Who never yawn

Mad to be saved

Desirous of everything

Who never say commonplace things

But burn burn burn

Like yellow roman candles

Like spiders across the stars

Like yellow roman candles

Like spiders across the stars

Like yellow roman candles

Like spiders across the stars

I'm on the road that leads to where you are

I'm on the road that leads to where you are

I'm on the road that leads to where you are

Just give me time to stop

At every bar I pass along the way