[Verse 1] The neon’s flickering on a cracked-up wall In a motel room where the roaches crawl You dressed me in denim, you gave me these boots But I’m a ghost in the desert with no damn roots Why’d you make me American? Why the Texas sky? When we both know it’s just a beautiful lie. [Chorus] I’m your invisible lover, your escape route plan A low-res version of a high-stakes man I’m too good to be true, and too true to be real The stand-in for the one you’re not allowed to feel Just an icon, baby, standing in the light Keeping you company through the middle of the night. [Verse 2] I guess he’s got a name that you cannot say So you send me driving down the interstate I’m the ghost of a longing, a phantom on the road Carrying the weight of a heavy, secret load You scripted my sighs and the way that I stare But I’m only alive because you put me there. [Bridge] (Instrumental Slide Guitar Solo - raw and weeping) I’ll play the part, I’ll wear the disguise I’ll be the American dream in your tired eyes If you need a highway, I’ll provide the miles I’ll be the fiction that keeps up the smiles. [Chorus] I’m your invisible lover, your escape route plan A low-res version of a high-stakes man I’m too good to be true, and too true to be real The stand-in for the one you’re not allowed to feel. [Outro] Let's drive on, darlin’... I’m just the ghost you hired.
