The ties that bind unravelled on an August night

She left his tired love behind, in a laundromat, in black and white

The powers that be decided it was time to let him go

So he went rolling like a tumbleweed across the desert of New Mexico

And he goes chasing the angel of the blue sky

And he knows she will be waiting for him there

And he sees his faithful angel of the blue sky

Floating in the firmament somewhere

His Dodge gave out, he stepped into a crowded local bar

He hitched a ride to Abilene, and wondered how he'd come so far

The signs they came, the rain fell like a baby's newborn tears

He stood out on the open plain, and felt her hovering so near

And he goes...

All that time it was not wasted

It was the way it had to be

Whatever sorrow that he tasted set him free

Clear blue sky, he smiles to think she's waiting close at hand

He sets his wet clothes out to dry, then trudges toward the promised land

Come what may, come whatever makes the world go 'round

He close his eyes up half the day, and listens for her healing sound

And he goes...