Would you even notice if you were let down easy If you were let down easy would you even know Looks like we’re alone now or would you even wonder Way too busy biding time to see we’re growing old And those rolling balls of thunder streaking ‘cross the summer night I’m heading toward the county line doing 95 I left my friends and family here keep a watch on my hometown Heading west cause it’s in my blood find a place to settle down Drive all night till the sunrise heats my back in Mexico Follow eagles soaring above showing me the way And those rolling balls of thunder streaking ‘cross the summer night I’m heading toward the county line doing 95 The gold rush here has come and gone betcha life I can find me some Heading north in a couple of days got to get to Hibbing This land was once a simple place prairie dogs outlaws Cowboys and mining towns but now it’s gone away And those rolling balls of thunder streaking ‘cross the summer night I’m heading toward the county line doing 95 Call myself an American but never slept on no freight train Never been to Santa Fe never shot a gun And I’ll never find what I’m looking for out here in the countryside All my heroes are long gone guess I’m coming home And those rolling balls of thunder streaking ‘cross the summer night I’m heading toward the county line doing 95