[Verse 1] I caught the westbound outta Tulsa, Boxcar full of coal and heat. Saw a kid with a busted knapsack, He said, “Brother, Scuzzy walks these streets.” Said she’s got a laugh like summer thunder, Hair like grapevine on the run. Wears a vest that’s torn from livin’, And she don’t belong to anyone. Ohhhhhh! [Chorus] Scuzzy rides the wind tonight, Crossin’ state lines outta sight. Never stays, never begs, Never needed no man’s legs. Scuzzy, Scuzzy, she don’t pray— She just grins and walks away. [Verse 2] In a camp outside of Reno, An old man told me she once came— Sharpened eyes and purple shadow, Called the sheriff by his shame. They say she helped a blind man vanish, Cut the chains off two who lied. Tipped her cap to the big brass engine, Then was gone like she had died. Ohhhhhhhhhhh! [Chorus] Scuzzy rides the wind, my friend, No startin’ place and no dead end. Never owned, never fenced— Ain’t no court could make her tense. Scuzzy, Scuzzy, hot and cold— Heart of fire, guts of gold. [Bridge] Some folks chase the Christ or Devil, Some men hunt a pile of green. But I been ridin’ ten damn winters, Tryna glimpse that denim queen. They say she’s headed for the mountain, Where the dead things call her name… But the bones that try to hold her Always crumble just the same. Ohhhh! Ohhhh! Ohhhhhhhhh! [Final Chorus] Scuzzy rides the wind again, Past the wheat fields, past the pen. Never blushed, never tamed— Just that vest, and just that name. Scuzzy, Scuzzy, light my way… If you pass me, girl—please stay.
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