Escaping Syracuse
the city I love with unconditional hatred
with brothers born and created
and sisters too

On the road
like Kerouac in a new Beat Generation
not following stars or even the sun
My own code

Out of the state
and into a new one of mind
leaving all of my comfort and discomfort behind
The future looks great

Erie to Cleveland
Good-bye orange cones, hello rock n' roll
getting ever so close to the end of the tolls
A one man band

Taking the El
through Chi-town's sexual and ethnic diversity
the size of deep-dish pizzas my only adversity
more to tell...

Rush and Division
Jim Beam and Coke are wearing on my shoes
throwing and mixing peanuts with our liquor and booze
avoiding decisions

On to Milwaukee
watching my gods play in their green and their gold
Dinner with relatives while stories are told
Much more to see

Detroit Lakes
Minnesota is cold with its frozen lake villages
with ice-fishing houses far from shore's edges
Falling snowflakes

North Dakota on 94
wayfaring over moving clouds of drifting snow
lack of acceleration making it difficult to go
Desire to soar

Car brought back to life
Barren beauty surviving in the frigid dark
Prarie dogs and bison in a president's park
and on past Glendive

Oh these Great Falls
Residing here is a born brother
where when people walk by, they look at each other
Broken down walls

Border patrol
No entry to Vancouver until they search us for drugs
microscope revealing drug-free jobless slugs
and free souls

Space Needle small
The music scene being Seattle's Maid Marian
and Leavenworth perfect as a city Bavarian
rising more tall

Ocean foam
Impressive dunes are consumed by a falling sky
Astoria concludes single rocks standing high
the Goonies' home

Union Square
Frisco brings liberals from all over the place
to challenge the government's crucial mistakes
for a world more fair

More hippy living
at the three sisters in Boise, Idaho
unfairly characterized as a giant potato
while the people are giving

Mormon capital
needing a membership to get at the bottle
easily obtained, and they hit it full throttle
A life not dull

Making their mark
barefooting through canyons cut very deep
traversing the cliffs of mountains so steep
in Utah's many parks

Vegas slot machines
turning and feeding their hunger with money
destroying these people and finding it funny
I come out clean

A Canyon is Grand
Hiking it means going down first
then coming back up with reckless thirst
as more of a man

Back East
Through the night we sweat our way through New Mex
avoiding the asshole cops I've heard of in Tex
Killing the night beast

Camp with armadillos
Through the forest in orange to avoid getting shot
for a beautiful view from a carefully balanced rock
Arkansas signs full of holes

B B King
invites us to Memphis, land of the blues
and home to Elvis in his blue suede shoes
of which he sings

A natural formation to brave
Kentucky brings gorgeous girls with comforting accents
exploring extensive tunnels with other ladies and gents
in this Mammoth of a Cave

Virginia West
Sleeping in the car, it was a sleep so much lighter
same night in a nearby car, police caught the sniper
stopping that mess

Love Baltimore
Drinking with friends over dueling keys
dancing on the floor with dirty knees
then off to the core

Walk through DC
after hearing Sarandon, Sharpton, and Jackson
a quarter million people in the streets taking action
so others can see

The city that never sleeps
Enjoying our time on the island that borders a sound
much quieter than the twins hitting the ground
It's back on its feet

And so am I
Never settling in one place until it gets stale
From one location to the next as often as mail
Life on the fly

And the road continues
I don't bother to look at what lies ahead
I'll be living my life until the day that I'm dead
and it will show in my shoes