Like A Tumbleweed

Had the morning sun behind me And a hundred miles to burn Two wheels humming under leather No particular place to turn Wind was pulling at my jacket White lines rolling underneath Had the whole wide world in front of me And nothing chasing me Then somewhere west of nowhere Where the blacktop shimmered bright You came blowing through my story Like a tumbleweed in flight Like a tumbleweed across the highway You came rolling out of nowhere into me I was riding where the wind blew You were doing just the same Two strangers at a crossroads With no reason for a name I never saw you coming Never knew what you would mean You just crossed my road one morning Like a tumbleweed You were leaning on the railing At a little roadside place Dust upon your old blue denim And the sunlight on your face Said you weren't headed nowhere That sounded good to me So we pointed west together Just to see what we could see We rode beneath a sky so big It made the mountains small Never made each other promises Never needed them at all Like a tumbleweed across the highway You came rolling out of nowhere into me I was riding where the wind blew You were doing just the same Two strangers at a crossroads With no reason for a name I never saw you coming Never knew what you would mean You just crossed my road one morning Like a tumbleweed There were nights beneath the neon There were mornings cold and clear There were miles when we said nothing Just glad the other one was near You could hear my engine talking I could read your tail light glow Two machines and two directions Still choosing the same road Maybe chance is just a word we use For things we can't explain Like finding something worth remembering On an ordinary day Some folks plan their whole damn journey Every stop and every mile I learned the best things on the highway Ain't been waiting there a while Sometimes they come rolling sideways With the dust beneath their feet And suddenly the road you're riding Ain't the road you thought you'd see Like a tumbleweed across the highway You came rolling out of nowhere into me I was riding where the wind blew You were doing just the same Two strangers at a crossroads Till the crossroads knew our names I never saw you coming Still don't know what made it be You just crossed my road one morning Like a tumbleweed Now the wind is in my face again That old engine underneath And every time one crosses the road I think of you and me Yeah, you crossed my road one morning Like a tumbleweed