Got caught up in a breakaway dream Destination city of New Orleans Cheap motels and [Incomprehensible] Cross some bridges for eternity Headed west for a two week stay And saw the [Incomprehensible] [Incomprehensible] is a part of you now 'Cause a bird sings songs of laughter Still out there with the coffee stain And puttin' miles on shoes Can't escape the smell of cigarettes Still livin' out these American midnight blues Unless to clear the mind With a Mexicali radio station Keep an eye out for the border patrol Checkin' for drugs and so called aliens Highways and dreams forever together In the minds of the free and the innocent Always a future in a travelers hands Starting fires on the river and madness Still out there with the coffee stains And puttin' miles on shoes Can't escape the smell of cigarettes Still livin' out these American midnight blues Still out there with the coffee stains And puttin' miles on shoes Can't escape the smell of cigarettes Still livin' out these American midnight blues