At The Hundredth Meridian

Me debunk an american myth?

And take my life in my hands?

Where the great plains begin

At the hundredth meridian

At the hundredth meridian

Where the great plains begin

Driving down a corduroy road

Weeds standing shoulder high

Ferris wheel is rusting

Off in the distance

At the hundredth meridian

At the hundredth meridian

At the hundredth meridian

Where the great plains begin

Left alone to get gigantic

Hard, huge and haunted

A generation so much dumber than it's parents

Came crashing through the window

A raven strains along the line of the road

carrying muddy old skull

The wires whistle their approval

Off down the distance

At the hundredth meridian (hundredth meridian)

At the hundredth meridian (you're going to miss me)

At the hundredth meridian (trust me)

Where the great plains begin (at the hundredth meridian)

At the hundredth meridian (at the hundredth meridian)

At the hundredth meridian (you're going to miss me)

At the hundredth meridian (trust me)

Where the great plains begin

I remember, I remember Buffalo

And I remember Hengelo

It would seem to me

I remember every single fucking thing I know

If I die of vanity, promise me, promise me

If they bury me some place I don't want to be

You'll dig me up and transport me, unceremoniously

Away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees

Whispers of disease and the acts of enormity

And lower me slowly and sadly and properly

Get Ry Coonder to sing my eulogy

At the hundredth meridian (hundredth meridian)

At the hundredth meridian (you're going to miss me)

At the hundredth meridian (trust me)

Where the great plains begin (at the hundredth meridian)

At the hundredth meridian (at the hundredth meridian)

At the hundredth meridian (baby, you're going to miss me)

At the hundredth meridian (trust me)

Where the great plains begin