i woke up in new york city   from my sleep behind the wheel   caught a train to Poughkeepsie  and time stood still     she wrote me a letter from san diego   to qualify her luck   these flights connect through arizona   but i think i'll stay stuck     so here i am   here i am   well i woke up in a car   i traced away the fog  so i could see the mississippi on her knees   i've never been so lost   i've never felt so much at home   please write my folks and throw away my keys   i woke up in a car   i woke up in a car     i met a girl who kept tattoos for homes   that she had loved   if i were her i'd paint my body   until all my skin was gone     she wrote me a letter as we passed through rockford   she said she won't forget   maybe i do maybe i don't   but i know i haven't yet     so here i am   here i am   well i woke up in a car   i traced away the fog  so i could see the mississippi on her knees   i've never been so lost   i've never felt so much at home   please write my folks and throw away my keys   i woke up in a car   i woke up in a car     and maybe i could live forever   if not ever i had known  that you'd be waiting here whenever i am all alone    but here i am   well i woke up in a car   i traced away the fog  so i could see the mississippi on her knees   i've never been so lost   i've never felt so much at home   please write my folks and throw away my keys     well i woke up in a car   i traced away the fog  so i could see the mississippi on her knees   i've never been so lost   i've never felt so much at home   please write my folks and throw away my keys   i woke up in a car   i woke up in a car   i woke up in a car