Blankets

I met her at a racetrack
 It was right before some concert
 On a blanket selling bracelets
 She was searching for a sponsor
 I moved her to Montana
 We hung on for several summers
 It got druggie and we crumbled
 But still I never haven't loved her
 When you panic in the city
 It feels like one too many walls
 When it thunders in the canyon
 You get the feeling you're too small
 I washed up and I wandered
 I did whatever business looked the best
 I found a savior then I lost him
 Had a kid and all the rest
 Then the doctor left a message
 Said we're looking at these numbers from your test
 When you're lonely on the prairie
 There's still a couple people you can call
 When it thunders in the canyon
 You get the feeling you're too small
 The detective was expensive
 But he thought it was something he could solve
 Found her serving breakfast
 In a cafe in the skyway in St. Paul
 When we got to the Twin Cities
 I said man I know some songs about this place
 When they swept up all the empties
 The parties always seemed like such a waste
 When you panic in the city
 It feels like one too many walls
 There's an absence in the middle
 The people are all high or in withdrawal
 When you're lonely on the prairie
 There's still a couple people you can call
 When it thunders in the canyon
 You get the feeling you're too small
 When they're down there on the blankets
 You can see the lifetime in their eyes
 You can purchase what they offer
 Or see if they've got something on the side
 You live your whole life
 Just to travel to the place you're gonna die
 You travel your whole life
 Just to get out to the place you're gonna die