I'm not saying I'm Johnny Cash, you understand
I've just been some places, not everywhere in this land
I've been out hitchhiking with enough money for food
And I've been camped in some sand without a thing to prove
But I remember freedom as a wide-open Midwestern sunset
And not being quite as hungry as I would be getting yet
I remember never having been in love with a girl
And I been so far yet so near I can hear when your toes curl
And when I add up all the best times with women just like you
There's a shadow just fading of what we couldn't do
The parts that made it hard to grow have all become so faded
I don't think I'll ever stop trying as long as you help me make it
I last picked up a hitcher about two years ago
He was going from a place to another up the road
I could tell from his eyes he had seen some shadows
His hand was still and firm but his voice would let you know
And I'm not saying I'm Willie Nelson, 'cause sometimes I forget
But most times and most places feel like where we met
You are always with me in spirit and sometimes here in my mind
And every mile I've ever traveled was to spend more time with your kind
