I think about that day I left him at a Greyhound station, west of Santa Fé We were 17, but he was sweet and it was true Still I did what I had to do 'Cause I just knew Summer Sunday nights We'd sink into our seats Right as they dimmed out all the lights A Technicolor world made out of music and machine It called me to be on that screen And live inside each scene Without a nickel to my name Hopped a bus, here I came Could be brave or just insane We'll have to see 'Cause maybe in that sleepy town He'll sit one day, the lights are down He'll see my face and think of how he used to know me Behind these hills I'm reaching for the heights And chasing all the lights that shine And when they let you down (it's another day) You'll get up off the ground (it's another day) 'Cause morning rolls around and it's another day of sun I hear 'em everyday The rhythms in the canyons that'll never fade away The ballads in the barrooms left by those who came before They say, "You gotta want it more" So I bang on every door And even when the answer's "No" Or when my money's running low The dusty mic and neon glow Are all I need And someday as I sing a song A small-town kid'll come along That'll be the thing to push him on and go go Behind these hills I'm reaching for the heights And chasing all the lights that shine And when they let you down (it's another day) You'll get up off the ground (it's another day) 'Cause morning rolls around and it's another day of sun And when they let you down The morning rolls around It's another day of sun It's another day of sun It's another day of sun (sun, sun, sun) It's another day of sun Just another day of sun It's another day of sun The day has just begun It's another day of sun It's another day of sun