Tucson, Arizona
Dan Fogelberg

Tucson, Arizona
Rising in the heat like a mirage
Tony keeps his Chevy
Like a virgin locked in his garage

He brings it out at midnight
And cruises down the empty boulevards
And he prowls the darkened alleys
That snake between the city's thirsty yards

The lonely desert skies reflect
The anger in his eyes and it is dawn

His father died of drinking
And left five children sinking with his mom
His older brother Bobby
Never made it back from Vietnam

With high school well behind him
He lives at home and works this shitty job

And he thinks his '60 Chevy
Is the only true amigo that he's got
His heart is filled with sadness
And his soul is like some ugly vacant lot

Mary Estelle Hanna
Came out from Louisiana for the sun
A deal gone bad in Dallas
Left her burned and broke and on the run

To make the rent and groceries
She takes this job at dollar 3.15 an hour
Serving shots of whiskey and tequila
In some smoky red neck bar

And she dreams some day
She'll make her way to L.A and become a movie star

Tony saw her working
He swallowed hard and asked her for a date
Mary laughed and answered
I would but every night I'm working late

He said he had some cocaine
That she could have if she'd just ride along
She said, What the hell, I may a well
I haven't had no fun in so damn long

He picked her up at closing time
They pulled out on the road and they were gone

Tony's mom got frantic
When she found her son had not come home
Mary's roommate panicked
And called the sheriff from a public phone

They asked her lots of questions
She tried her best to tell them what she saw
And late that night they found poor Mary
Lying in some narrow, dusty draw

And the coroner reported
That she hadn't been deceased for very long

Two weeks on they found it
Buried to the windshield in the sand
There inside lay Tony
With a small revolver in his hand

The papers simply stated
It must have been the drugs that drove him mad
The neighbors speculated
What could make a good boy go so bad?

Well, it might have been the desert heat
It might have been the home he never had


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  (someone's Been) Telling You Stories   (Someone's Been) Telling You Stories   A Cry In The Forest   A Growing Time   A Leader of the Band/Washington Post March   A Love Like This   A Voice For Peace   Aireshire Lament   All There Is   Along the Road   Anastasia's Eyes   Anastasia's Eyes   Anyway I Love You   As the Raven Flies   Aspen   Aspen / These Days   Aspen/These Days   Aurora Nova   Aurora Nova, The Wild Places   Be On Your Way   Beggar's Game   Beggar's Game   Believe In Me   Below The Surface   Better Change   Beyond The Edge   Beyond the Edge [From Beyond the Edge]   Birds   Blind To The Truth   Bones In The Sky   Captured Angel   Changing Horses   Come To The Harbor   Comes & Goes   Comes And Goes   Crow   Dancing Shoes   Days To Come   Diamonds To Dust   Down The Road   Drawing Pictures   Earth Anthem   Empty Cages   Ever On   Ever On (A Traveling Prayer)   Exiles   Face the Fire   Faces Of America   False Faces   Forefathers   Full Circle   Ghosts   Give Me Some Time   Go Down Easy   Gone Too Far   Guitar Étude No. 3   Guitar Étude No. 3 [Instrumental]   Gypsy Wind   Hard To Say   Heart Hotels   Hearts and Crafts   Hearts In Decline   Hickory Grove   High Country Snows   Higher Ground   Holy Road   Hurtwood Alley   Hurtwood Alley [Instrumental]   I Saw Three Ships   Illinois   In the Bleak Midwinter   In The Passage   Intimidation   Is This Magic   It Doesn't Matter   It Doesn't Matter   Lahaina Luna   Lahaina Luna [Instrumental]   Language of Love   Last Nail   Lazy Susan   Leader Of The Band   Leader of the Band/Washington Post March   Lessons Learned   Let Her Go   Lonely In Love   Long Way Home   Long Way Home (Live In the Country)   Longer   Longer [Album Version]   Longer [Album Version] [Version]   Looking For A Lady   Loose Ends   Lost In The Sun   Love Gone By   Love In Time   Lovers In A Dangerous Time   Magic Every Moment   Make Love Stay   Man in the Mirror   Man in the Mirror/ Below the Surface   Missing You   More Than Ever   Morning Sky   Mountain Pass   Nether Lands   Netherlands   Next Time   Nexus   Old Tennessee   Once Upon A Time   Only The Heart May Know   Our Last Farewell   Over & Over   Over And Over   Paris Nocturne   Part of the Plan   Part on the Plan   Phoenix   Promises Made   Rhythm Of The Rain   River Of Souls   Road Beneath My Wheels   Run For The Roses   Same Auld Lang Syne   Same Old Lang Syne   Scarecrow's Dream   Scarecrow's Dream   Seeing You Again   Serengeti Moon   Shallow Rivers   She Don't Look Back   She Don't Look Back   Since You Asked   Since You've Asked   Since You've Asked   Sketches   So Many Changes   Soft Voice   Sometimes A Song   Song For A Carpenter   Song From Half Mountain   Song Of The Sea   Songbird   Souvenirs   Stars   Stars (Album Version)   Statesboro Blues   Stolen Moments   Sunlight   Sutter's Mill   Sutter's Mill   Sweet Magnolia   Sweet Magnolia (and the Travelling Salesman)   Tell Me To My Face   Telling You Stories   The Colors Of Eve   The Face Of Love   The Higher You Climb   The Innocent Age   The Language of Love   The Last Nail   The Last to Know   The Lion's Share   The Lion's Share   The Long Way   The Loving Cup   The Minstrel   The Outlaw   The Power of Gold   The Reach   The River   The Sand & The Foam   The Sand and the Foam   The Spirit Trail   The Way It Must Be   The Wild Places   There's A Place In The World For A Gambler   There's A Place In The World For A Gambler   These Days   Think of What You've Done   Think Of What You've Done   This Endris Night   Times Like These   To The Morning   Tucson, Arizona (Gazette)   Tullamore Dew   Tullamore Dew [Instrumental]   Twins Theme   Twins Theme [Instrumental]   Wandering Shepherd   We Three Kings   What Child Is This?   What You're Doing   What You're Doing   Whispers In The Wind   Windows & Walls   Windows and Walls   Windows and Walls [Album Version]   Wishing on the Moon   Wolf Creek   Wolf Creek [Instrumental]   Wysteria

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