Three Time Zones

Three time zones from here

I think you're asleep

Three time zones from here

Where everyone retreats

And I'II beat you to that sunrise

I'II do it everyday

But you beat me to that darkness

It's always been that way

Three time zones from here

I think you're asleep

In the fading veneer

Where everyone retreats

You dance inside of hunger

And thrive on desert winds

Where love means next to nothing

It doesn't have to end…..no

Three time zones from here

I think you're asleep

Three time zones from fear

Where everyone retreats

And l'Il beat you to that sunrise

I'II do it everyday

But you'll beat me with your darkness

It's always been that way

THREE TIME ZONES is a contemporary western ballad, inspired by time spent passing through Barstow, California. Barstow feels culturally remote, a high-desert stop on the way to Los Angeles from Las Vegas. You sense your vulnerability here, especially as the sun goes down. Loneliness thrives while the big BNSF trains fly through on their way to the Pacific. Not every place is beautiful but it exists between the ones that are. One of the great phrases is about the grass that's always greener from a distance, yet there's not much grass around these parts. California can be seemingly full of opportunity, and inspiration yet its desolation is noticeable.