[verse] He was a dog eared hobo off a midnight train, With a worn out backpack and a fifth of shine, With his thumb towards forever in the pouring rain, long way to go, nothing to kill but time, [chorus] So I pulled over on the shoulder, Said “I’m on my way to Boulder, if you’ve got a mind to go the seat is free” there was sadness in his smile, And I could tell he’d seen some miles, he Climbed in and said “I could use the company” And as he rolled a smoke, the silence broke, “You can call me Lee.” [verse] As the night stretched forever through the Kansas corn, He offered me his bottle and I took a sip, with a voice like the Rockies, haggard and forlorn, He Said “I’ve got a little bud to thank you for the trip.” [chorus] Then the words that stranger spoke, Swapping tales and trading tokes, Of all the places that he’d been and things he’d done, How once he’d had a normal life, Lost his children and his wife, Fought back the tears of bitter years and told me “son, We’ve got more to do, And we ain’t yet through, Until the doin’s done.” [bridge] “Sometimes it’s hard to keep on going, When we think we’ve had enough, Beaten, busted down and broken, And the road ahead is rough, When we’re close to giving up, Lost without a light to guide, Out of nowhere there’s a stranger, Come to offer us a ride.” [verse] Well I left him in Denver waiting for a bus, But his words traveled with me like a long lost friend, And somewhere in the Rockies turning into rust, There’s a pistol that I had planned to be my end, [outro chorus] I Tossed it off of the shoulder, Between Denver and Boulder, And found that living's full of life and things to see, Darkness gives way to dawn, If we keep hanging on, Heartbreak's not as endless as it seems to be, Wonders never cease, I hope he found his peace, Eventual Lee
