Written by Spencer Critchley, Owen Critchley.
Produced by Spencer.
Listen anywhere: links here.
Download the sheet music.
Contributors:
Drums: Pat Mastelotto (XTC, King Crimson)
Bass: Byron House (Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris)
Steel guitar, dobro: Bruce Kaphan (David Byrne, Sheryl Crow)
Piano: Gene Rabbai (Willie Nelson, Neil Young)
Keyboards: Spencer
Percussion: Tom Roady (Dixie Chicks, Ricky Skaggs)
Vocals: Gina Fant-Simon, singer, engineer, and proprietor of Blue World studio (U2, Sting)
Mix engineer: Marc Urselli
Lyrics
An ark and a rainbow
The ark is upside down
Like a hundred miles from Barstow
Noah ran aground
Somebody’s rusted camper shell
A tortoise gone to hell
A tourist comes to final rest
In this nowhere motel
I’m standing at the crossroads
It hits 121
In the shadow of a signpost
Sticking out my thumb
A dewdrop on a cactus
Balanced on a spine
I’m feeling like a figment
Of the desert’s fevered mind
So I tell myself I’ll be there soon
An easy tale to tell
If sundown comes I’ll buy a room
In this nowhere motel
Now I’m dazzled by the headlights
Of some fantasy machine
A thousand horses in the twilight
Come purring like a dream
Driver, can you take me
To the other side?
I’ve got no destination
I just need a ride
Somebody’s rusted camper shell
A tortoise gone to hell
A tourist comes to final rest
In this nowhere motel