Border Tonight

Headed south towards New Orleans
I'm leaving the longleaf pines
I got my eye on the prize, four states wide
As free as the air is dry
Way may be foggy, the backroads warm
And that's better than no way at all
'Cause I'll be moving tonight by the neon lights
Heading down to heed the call

Nobody needs me here
I'm headed clear out of sight
Believe when I say, I'm leaving today
Crossing the border tonight

I've been wasting away this tar paper summer
Floating right into fall
Maybe a Tijuana winter and Baja spring
Will give me something to hold on
'Cause there's a lady in red I can't get out of my head
She shines like the moonlight
This fine señorita, just as soon as I meet her
I'm betting on love at first sight

Nobody needs me here
I'm headed clear out of sight
Believe when I say, I'm leaving today
Crossing the border tonight

Back home the talk show hosts say, "Just relax
Don't listen to your heart, boy, listen to the facts"

People always wondering how far is Heaven
Dreaming of paradise
Well, it's funny you ask 'cause just a few tanks of gas
Can get you halfway there by sunrise

Nobody needs me here
I'm headed clear out of sight
Believe when I say, I'm leaving today
Crossing the border tonight
Believe when I say, I'm leaving today
Crossing the border tonight