Words and music by Jay Farrar from the 2001 Album "Sebastopol." Standard tuning, 3/4 time. Listen to the record for the exact timing Intro C G D C G [G] Anyone caught speaking Esperanto Is thought crazy or headed for [D] jail There's peace in the wilds of west Texas Where the sun and the [C] sky pre[G]vail [G] Take no notice of the rising waters Take no notice where the rivers run [D] dry They'll be diggin through the landfills To find evidence of [C] our great de[G]mise [Cadd9] There's a changing pattern before us And the past tells the story quite [G] well By the [D] time we make it to Barstow We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell [Cadd9][G] [D] [G] Waves of adverts that promise revival Trick it where it batters the [D] brain The devil bought the key to Branson Drives a backhoe and [C] wears a gold [G] chain [G] Now we're living in the unnamed time frame That's in Reno we're on the hu[D]man race Woke up in another test market With a new headache [C] filter in [G] place [Cadd9] There's a changing pattern before us And the past tells the story quite [G] well By the [D] time we make it to Barstow We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell [Cadd9][G] [D] By the [D] time we make it to Barstow We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell