I'm going to ride Point Reyes All the way to Fairbanks Learn to be a patient man And when I get there Someone will have me a chair Open the doors, and strike up the band In a New York minute In a country mile (in a country mile) I'm taking my own time It'll probably be awhile Standing on the outside Always looking in Not seeing who I am Only what I could have been With a heart, a red light that wouldn't turn But like good luck or high tide I'll return Feels like a life between You can call it history Carried away by the minute hand I know what fell through mine Washed up in the shoreline Of a broken promised land In a New York minute In a country mile (in a country mile) I'm taking my own time It'll probably be awhile Standing on the outside Always looking in Not seeing who I am Only what I could have been With a heart, a red light that wouldn't turn But like good luck or high tide I'll return Like good luck or high tide I'll return I'll return