Because of Toledo I got sober and stayed clean The pick ups in the wild prairies The shadows dancing in between Girl leans on the jukebox In a pair of old blue jeans Says I live here but I don't really live anywhere
Because of Toledo Tuesday it's raining And I'm pulling on my shoes I guess I quit believing in The early morning news There's a boy orders coffee And he settles down to think How the women that you love sometimes Are the water that you drink Then another faded waitress dressed in pink
Cries for Toledo
The lipstick and the cocaine traces One face in a thousand faces I stumble through so many places Cause of Toledo
Yeah Yeah yeah (oh)Yeah Yeah yeah
Because of Toledo The highway looks so thin I see another motel sign Think of pulling in Write your name upon the mirror there It's the only name I know But I guess that I'd be only chasing rainbows Back to Toledo I think I'll go