California Zephyr

Sun at your back.  Stranger at your side. The morning stretches ahead.
Behind is just track, where you crossed the divide, and the deserts and places you fled.
You fell in love with a dealer in Reno, and she took you for all that you had.
You left so much more inside that casino that your wallet, your belt and your hat.
But you held onto your ticket on the California Zephyr, Sweet Sierra skies.
You ain’t alone, so make sure you don’t let the moment pass you by.

Climbing the mountains and the tunnels to Tahoe, your neighbors are stirring awake.
There’s a man there who once tended bar in Chicago, and he seems to know just what to say.
He listens to you like so many before, and he smiles and he hands you his hat.
And on this new morning you love this man more than anyone you’ve ever had
And you’re thankful for your ticket on the California Zephyr, Sweet Sierra skies.
You ain’t alone, so make sure you don’t let the moment pass you by.

Sacramento at last, step away from the past, in the warm California sun.
It’s the same damn heat that they got in the east, but here its California fun.
With a hat on your head, and shoes on your feet, and you don’t know what lays ahead.
Rollin’ on down the slope to the ocean, because that's the best way to be fed.
And you held onto your ticket on the California Zephyr, Sweet Sierra skies.
You ain’t alone, so make sure you don’t let the moment pass you by.
You ain’t alone, so make sure you don’t let the moment pass you by.
You ain’t alone, so make sure you don’t let the moment pass you by.