Portland

Highway take me anywhere but here
Far from the trappings of my memory where I can disappear
And wake up where I'll find myself alone
Among the ghosts who haunt the open road
Who never found a home
Cause I can hear you singing in
The distance with your mandolin
Silhouette against the burning sky
Heading west with Portland on your mind

I found inspiration in your eyes
That count the miles down the interstate along the exit signs
To new horizons I can call my own
And so I'm heading where the gypsies go
And crazy dreamers roam
Cause I can hear you singing in
The distance with your mandolin
Silhouette against the burning sky
You're running where you've got no name
And everything begins again
Trade it in and leave it all behind
Heading west with Portland on your mind

So fade away where twilight plays its song
And sends you dancing through the rolling hills
Where mountains break the sun
And laughing shadows flash against the stones
Between where yesterday's mistakes
Create tomorrow's wild unknown
Cause I can hear you singing in
The distance with your mandolin
Silhouette against the burning sky
I'm sorry, babe, but I can't stay
I'm bound to ramble all my days
I hope you know you had me at goodbye
Heading west with Portland on your mind