We rode across Texas From sun to sun Mile after mile we'd see no one Telephone wire overhead Barbed wire below All the way from Beaumont to El Paso I can't imagine riding here alone Wondering if the Texas sun would bleach my bones The sagebrush and the cactus The rocks and the emptiness The endless sky, the wind and the loneliness I was sleeping when we stopped in San Antonio At breakfast we pulled into Del Rio Across the Pecos High Bridge into the mountains Up to Alpine, elevation five thousand All these towns they look so old and faded You look around and wonder how they made it But it was never easy here If you were weak you disappeared They looked back at their families, did what they did This trip is so easy on the train Sheltered from the dust or the rain Meals three times a day The miles roll away I never have to see these towns again Years ago this journey took much longer And the people who made it were stronger I'm not sure that I would have made it through I guess you just do what you gotta do