How I love these roads Every far and lonely highway, Through basin and range And a desert that never ends- A sky so wide You can feel your heart turn quiet, And then I listen For the voices of my friends One rides in the summer wind beside me, One flies with the stars That set the wild night on fire, One runs close and steady as a river, I could drive for miles Carried by that choir. From the hills of my hometown, To the Arizona canyons, From Chinle to Sky City To the gorge of the Rio Grande- The high and winding way From Chimayo to Las Trampas, The long road bends To the sweet sound of my friends. One's up where the clouds brush the mountains, One rushes down a stream Past the bright columbine - I could drive for miles Just thinking about them, How I love the road And these true friends of mine. One rides in the summer wind beside me, One flies with the stars That set the wild night on fire, One runs close and steady as a river I could drive for miles Carried by that choir.