Fair to Midland is all that I need   If I had fare to Midland   I'd take the first seat   On a fast train, bus, or plane   Which ever proved the quickest   Way for me      I left her in Midland   Near one last promise   I couldn't keep   To chase a future paved with fools   Small county roads   Don't ever reach   But for every cloudless mile   The sun has shone   There's been a hundred   Nights alone, at least   The shame is how it took so long   To figure out, fare to Midland   Don't come cheap      My eyes keep lonely   Thoughts reminding me   With every dusty truck that I see   I'm only closer to   How far away can be   And all the time that's left   Is an eternity      To make myself west Texas bound   The fare to Midland is all I need      Fair to Midland is all that I need   If I had fare to Midland   I'd take the first seat...