Terry Allen - Writing on Rocks Across the U.S.A. lyrics

Yeah we're writing on a rock across the USA
Writing on rocks every night and every day
We're writing on rocks, boy, all the way
Well I'm writing on a rock across the USA

Yeah your life is long, girl
Your life is short
But every man, he got to leave his mark
So I got my pencil I got my chalk
There ain't a rock made that
I can't make talk well write on

Yeah we're writing on a rock across the USA
Writing on rocks every night and every day
We're writing on rocks, boy, all the way
Well I'm writing on a rock across the USA

And I remember down in Galveston
A hurricane ripped the sea
People there well they'd brave the wind
Just to see what my mark would be

So climbed the cliffs and I reached the top
With a pencil in my hand
I scribbled down some of the mysteries
And I stopped that howling wind

Yeah we're writing on a rock across the USA
Writing on rocks every night and every day
Where ever you're at ill be riding your way
Well I'm writing on a rock across the USA

And I remember down in Los Angeles
A earthquake shook the land
People screamed for the shakes to stop
But they needed a writing hand

So I found a rock and wrote a note
And tossed it in the sand
As soon as it hit well the shaking stopped
And I'm right on the road again

Yeah we're writing on a rock across the USA
Writing on rocks every night a every day
We're writing on rocks, boy, all the way
Well I'm writing on a rock across the USA