There was pavement laid on diamonds   a sky was built on smoke   an old man is dealing newspapers   in a place where no one goes.      There's a wind that's got me sideways   like those treaties Old Boy signed   and a landscape strewn with lovers   who just can't stay inside   and I can't stay inside.      i've been thinking 'bout a letter   that Blind Boy Grunt did write   said hope's just a word   at least, that's what you learn   at the Grand Canyon at night.      You'll hear a Ballad of Big Shoulders   that town I left behind   The nervous girl, she waits for me   knows I'll be there by night   and I'll be there by night.      I saw a river cutting through us   a train engine on fire   a crowd of strangers huddle close   they're riding the Red Line.      I remember when I met her   in a town not much like this   in a street-level apartment   in a room she's made me miss.      i've been thinking 'bout a letter   that Blind Boy Grunt did write   said hope's just a word   least, that's what you learn   at the Grand Canyon at night      You'll hear a Ballad of Big Shoulders   that town I left behind   The nervous girl, she waits for me   she knows I'll be there by night.   and I'll be there by night.      You'll hear a Ballad of Big Shoulders   that town I left behind   The nervous girl, she waits for me   she knows I'll be there by night.   and I'll be there by night.   so rest your weary eyes   'cause I'll be there by night.