Bottle Rockets - The Long Way Lyrics

Mark Ortmann/Brian Henneman

Met a child of the cosmos
On the streets of Kanab
Pointed the way
Answered the questions I had
But a short cut through Utah
Doesn't mean a bad trip
It just sends you through a mountain
Out a hole in a cliff

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The long way isn't the wrong way
A wrong turn isn't the end
If it's understood
Maybe somethin' good
Is comin' at you 'round the bend

Left Flagstaff in the morning
To make Salt Lake by night
Drivin' cross the moon
Hopin' it's right
When we went into a fog
Near the state line
Well we didn't care much
About losin' time

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On Highway 80 just outa the hills
Hit somethin' slick and about took a spill
On the plateau in snow axle deep
Still made Rock Springs
In time for some sleep

Been a mile high
For nearly a week
It's gonna wear off
Below twelve hunderd feet
Be comin' down soon
Travelin' I-35
Singin' songs and glad to be alive

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