It's so dry here.
One spark and the whole place could go up.
Think I'll stop and get a drink here.
Something like the picture on the poster I saw a few miles back,
A green can on a nest of ice like the egg of some antarctic bird.

And I've seen this town in a dream.
I was running away,
From something that I didn't want to see.
It was a day like today.
I watched the sky melt over Highway One
And I felt too close to the sun.

Neighbour of mine,
Got out of his car somewhere down country in weather like this.
Just disappeared.
Left the engine running.
Police came to talk to his wife,
I watched them from my window, 
She was shaking her head, 
The cops were standing with their big hands hanging down.

And I've seen this town in a dream.
I was running away,
From something that I didn't want to see.
It was a day like today.
I watched the sky melt over Highway One
And I felt too close to the sun.

Who's that yonder dressed in white.
(An old man kneeling on a bowling green,
Shining with gin and brilliantine.)
He might have just stepped from a satellite.
(Looks at me and gets up slowly,
Smiles and waves as if he knows me)

And I've seen this town in a dream.
I was running away,
From something that I didn't want to see.
It was a day like today.
I watched the sky melt over Highway One
And I felt too close to the sun.