Mark Twain

Grown out of my hometown 

Tired of paying dues 

Ready for relieving 

Ready for renew 

Walking by the river 

Down by the shady bar 

Wandering around Hannibal 

Wondering where we are 

I drove across the country 

To hear my songs and play 

In the little juke joints

Wherever I could stay 

And it was back through Minnesota

Driving through the rain 

Surely the miles

Are gonna soon outweigh the pain

Picking sagebrush on the highway 

Summer heat gone insane 

Leaving hills of western land 

North Dakota hills and rain 

East Montana looks the same 

I was washed up in a river 

Missouri mud in my brain 

Reading lines that were colored by the land 

Roughing it like Mark Twain 

Roughing it like Mark Twain 

2022