[Verse 1]
I been lost up in the mountains
On the Great Divide
And it's snowing in October
In an appaloosa sky
I got tired of pinchin' pennies
Just to go for broke
I was lost in a big city
Singing songs I wish I wrote

[Chorus]
There's a ribbon of highway
It runs right through me
It runs right through me
It runs right through me
There's a ribbon of highway
It runs right through me
It runs right through me
It runs right through me
Ohohhhhhhhhhh

[Verse 2]
I take 90 straight out east
Down to 25
I gas up in Cheyenne
Denver by sunrise
And it's Raton by mid-morning
Panhandle by noon
Abilene by sundown
Austin, I missed you