Sun Kil Moon - The Highway Song lyrics

Chameleon, chameleon what's on your mind?
I've been sitting in my hot tub and
I've been watching for a long, long time
Belly on the red hot cement a foot from the
Cat crouching behind you
Hiding in the long blades of grass
You don't know but I'm about to find out
Which one of you is more fast

I'm sitting still as a turkey, hun
Don't want to fuck up this scene
The cat lunged forward
And it's mouth was the green chameleon
Tail dripping out the left
Head dripping out the right
A nice, succulent meal for the cat
He's gonna sleep like a baby tonight
Chameleon ain't gonna sit on no more fences
He's in the cats bowels
The cat's licking his lips thirst quenched
No more blending into agave plants or dried
Brown dirt or sitting in the sun by the
Pool looking at the black ants
Now I'm driving down the
80 towards Sacramento
Past Vacaville, that once housed Roman
Polanski and Charles Manson, you know
And now I'm driving down
The 80 towards Sacramento
Capital of California and the
Birthplace of Diego Corrales
God rest his soul
Now I'm driving down the 80
Towards South Lake Tahoe
Folsom Prison on the right
Dust devil right there in my sight
Now I'm approaching Old Hangtown
They hung bad guys there during the Gold Rush
I love Gold Rush history and
All that old Western stuff

On June 2nd, 1851
James Wang was captured in Centerville
California by bounty hunter Robert Lee Himmel
Wang, wanted dead or alive for the
Murder of Jack H moldy
Was brought into the town
Of Hangtown by Robert Lee and three of
His men by stagecoach moldy was reportedly
Bludgeoned to death with miner's picks by
James Wang and three other fugitives
Who, according to Wang
Fled to Oklahoma moldy had
Apparently slept with Julia
White, the daughter of John B
White, copper tycoon of Butte
Montana julia White was allegedly
The obsession and love interest of James Wang
Wang was hung in Hangtown on June
10th 1851 at 10: 00 AM his
Last words were "cut this rope
You bastards" He was pronounced dead at
10: 17 AM June 10

Now I'm back on the 80
Sign for Lake Berryessa
The Zodiac did a murder there, man
I'm obsessed with it and yeah
A Hillside Strangler got married over
There in Folsom Prison
I watched tons of videotapes on
The guys and, yeah man
I'm fascinated with both of them
I drive down the 80, past San Pablo Dam
I used to pull catfish out
Of there in the summertime
Bring 'em home and fry 'em up in a pan
I drive down the 80, past Gentleman Jack
Past the C&H Sugar factory
Crossing the Carquinez Bridge

Now I'm driving down the 80
I see the Yolo Fruit Stand
I'm gonna grab me a bag of oranges and
Some apples and a bag of pecans
Now I'm driving down the 50
Past Pollock Pines
Got me a log cabin out there
Right on the snow line
And out on my acres, got me a pond of ducks
Kid goes fishing on my property, man
Good fucking luck 'Cause down in my pond
Tied down with a ton of bricks
Is a dead guy bashed over the head with
A guitar and stuck with an ice pick

On June 10th, 2016
Burt Clossin turned himself
Into authorities unarmed
And led police to the body
Of Dad Rock Slowhand Simpleton simpleton was
An Eric Clapton impersonator who
Had recorded two albums in his forty-five
Years he was known for embracing
A musical style known as yacht
Rock or, in other circles
Dad rock bert's log cabin
Was subsequently searched his
Walls were graffitied with the word "Loser"
A small CD collection was found, including
Compact discs by Pete Yorn, Jet
Hot Hot Heat, Veruca Salt, Temple
Of the Dog, The Donnas
And Thirty Seconds to Mars all CDs were
Still in the shrink wrap, unopened
Except for Hot Hot Heat burt's
Flip-phone was filled with
Texts to a 666 area code phone number
Once a Louisiana prefix all texts said
"Go away" His phone was also
Filled with photos of
Cats and payphones the objects used to kill
His victim were a '59 reissued

Les Paul guitar made by Epiphone and
An antique ice pick bought at
An Alameda flea market no other weapons
Were found in the cabin other
Items collected were a
24-inch flat-screen TV
Boxing blooper videotapes, a VCR
And sports clothing designed by
Under Armour burt Clossin
Is now serving a triple life sentence plus
Five years for the death of Dad Rock Slowhand
Simpleton in California's Corcoran Prison
Burt claimed that
His motive for the murder was triggered by
Simpleton's singing voice, which
According to Burt, sounded too much
Like, quote, "The guy who sang
"Wonderful Tonight" "Wonderful Tonight
" an Eric Clapton ballad from the
Album Slowhand was Burt's 7th
Grade sweetheart's favorite song
"She dumped me, " Burt told investigators
"for a rich kid with a pontoon boat"