OREGON 

I’m goin’ down to Oregon
To draw a line in the sand
I’m gonna pawn everything I own
And leave Ketchikan

In the fading light of empire
It’s every man for himself
I’m going down to Oregon
To become someone else 

The fathers down in Greenwood
Never had no heart
They all live for the simple thrill
Of watching dreams fall apart

But I been below the border
Down below the sound
And the women really understand
Down in Oregon 

I been first and I been last
I been found and left behind
That don’t mean as much to me
As the dream in my mind

I looked across the river
Seen my soul on the other side
I’m going down to Oregon
While I still got the time 

I got a box of photographs
From the time before
Permanent confusion
Arrived at my door

My gal laughs in black and white
She was here, now she’s gone
I hear she left some time ago
For the coast of Oregon 

I been down in the valley
Where the silver river runs
Just beyond the plateau
Way behind the sun

If you been baptized by fire
By circumstance or fate
You best go down to Oregon
Before it’s too late