The Girl from Boulder (feat. Caroline Homer)

She drove alone for more than six days
Spent nights in the back of the car
Was headed to don't-even-know-where
That's three exits past way-too-far

He told her had things to do still
And wanted to ramble around
So she took what would fit in the back seat
And drove away from her hometown

Nebraska it went on forever
Each field looking much like the last
So flat and so hot... all that blue sky
That's where she erased all the past

The Front Range it suddenly stood there
Looking down on the prairies of corn
On Route 36 out of Denver
That was where she was finally born

Tattoo of stars on her shoulder
Made dreadlocks out of her hair
Lived 22 years down in Jackson
But the girl from Boulder belongs here

Spends days at a time in the mountains
Talks of nature so spiritually
Has a dog that's retriever and something
Eats foods that are grown locally

Men can't help by try to possess her
Get a taste and want more that's the norm
They soon learn she belongs to no one man
And passes through them like a storm

She never makes visits to Jackson
Her past it just doesn't exist
The years that she spent as a debutante
They faded away like the mist

And about being left at the altar?
She can't even recall his face
Her life it began when she drove west
And decided to marry this place