A moonlight night was falling on the road to Alamosa
Where the stars come down much closer like a dream
I had both hands on the wheel but I had nowhere to turn
Straight ahead were lights that burned like a dream
Alamosa standing there in the middle of nowhere
Is this the road that takes me home
17 'cross the plain and outrun the rain
Why don't we leave the rain
Guess I was lookin' for an answer in that Colorado sky
I heard the mountaintops don't lie worth a try
You might say I found my answer black clouds and freezin' rain
Chasin' me back down again southbound two-lane
To Alamosa standing there like the answer to a prayer
Is this the road that takes us home
17 'cross the plain and outrun the rain
Why don't we leave the rain
I have always dreamed of big country
West wind blowin' freedom through the trees
And someone to stand by me
A moonlight night was fallin' on the town of Alamosa
Where every cowboy loser owns the world
They fight at night in dark bars under heaven's spinnin' stars
And paradise ain't where they are
And I'm sittin' in this car wonderin' why I came so far
And the dreamer wakes up from the dream
