8th and Cimarron

The sun’s ridin’ high, it’s way past noon

We’ve been driving all day, we need a break soon

Just left on 8 th Street there’s a little café

Warm bite to eat, and we’ll be on our way

 

Here we sit, the light’s still red

Our hopes are strung out like beads on a thread

The radio wails and our stomachs moan

Waiting….at 8th and Cimarron      

 

Is that it over there, we’re in the wrong lane

Turn left here and circle back again

We’ll try the next street, this can’t be right

We may lose our hubcaps even in daylight

 

Turn around go back to roads we know

Gotta stop again, the light’s yellow

We’re here for the third time, we said with a groan

Stranded….at 8th and Cimarron

 

There’s a pizza place across the way

I’ll bet it’s just as good as that elusive café

When the light turns green, and if we’re still alive

Hit the gas and hope we find the drive

 

Suddenly, like a bolt from the clear

An idea was born, our path did appear

Up over the curb and across the lawn

Pizza…at 8th and Cimarron

 

        Written by Joel and Mary Thompson