Buddy some Topeka night   When it’s just you and the road   Seen no tailights there for miles   And nothin’ much but static on the radio      Wasn’t lookin’ to the left   Wasn’t lookin’ to the right   Just kept walking’ like Virginia to the surf   Towards the far end of the night      Time hangs like a noose   Before me   Time stills to a crawl   Grinds so slowly      Heard my own beloved cry   I heard my one beloved moan   What’s the use in all the ache we must endure   I had no good reason why      Time hangs like a noose   Before me   Time stills to a crawl   Grinds so slowly      Not a rail to grasp ahold   Nor a savior there beside   Juat kept a walkin’ like Virginia to the surf   Towards the far end of the night      Time hangs like a noose   Before me   Time stills to a crawl   Grinds so slowly   And time hangs like a noose   Around me