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Arizona Highway (Gates Pass)Copyright © 2007 Ken Ficara
Ken Ficara: Vocal, harmonica, keyboard, drum machine
Live demo recording
Driving with the top down
On an Arizona highway
Nobody else around
Put the pedal down and burn the miles away
Got the radio on, Tom Wait's singing
"You gotta hold on," and I've been thinking
With the top down, on an Arizona highway
Saguaros stand tall like they have for a century
I'm taking it in, it's been waiting for me
I left the snow and ice two thousand miles behind
Gonna let the sun and the desert clear my mind
And I'm driving with the top down
On an Arizona highway
Nobody else around
Put the pedal down and burn the miles away
Got the radio on, Nina singing,
"Wild Is the Wind" and I've been thinking
With the top down, on an Arizona highway
Coming over Gates Pass, driving into the sunset
I had to stop just sit there and look at it
The valley goes dark and the lights come on
But the mountains still proud glowing in the sun
And I'm driving with the top down
On an Arizona highway
Nobody else around
Put the pedal down and burn the miles away
Got the radio on, Lucinda singing,
"World without tears" and I've been thinking
With the top down, on an Arizona highway
The cold comes quick when the sun goes down
I roll the windows up and put the heater on
There's no skyscrapers or streetlights drowning out the stars
They're like a silver canopy hanging over the car
Parked with the top down
On an Arizona highway
Nobody else around
The nearest town a dozen miles away
I turned the radio off and I'm sitting here singing
To the cactuses and I've been thinking
With the top down, on an Arizona highway