Standard (EADGBE)
Verse 1
He's not in love he looks for no one
Been following the road for so long
He passes through and then he moves on
The drifter leaves no trace
He moves from place to place
Verse 2
The desert road can last forever
Twisting turning like the weather
Nothing makes this road feel better
Than another cigarette
He never would forget
 He's a man who drifts alone
Verse 3
He's a guy who thinks and listens
Measuring his thoughts and feelings
His few words resound with meaning
The drifter played his hand
It was in another land
Verse 4
The radio kicks out his music
He listens cos he's scared he'll loose it
The tracks are memories he chooses
They keep him moving on
Keep him driving through the storm
He's just moving to move on
Verse 5
The devil rides a long black freight train
It growls along beside the freeway
The drifter sees it from his window
He turns his music loud
His eyes begin to cloud
Verse 6
The drifter looks to the horizon
The unstoppable collision
This has been his only mission
To break the drifter's curse
For better or for worse
She dealt him out a hand
He took it as he planned
(Cotson 2012)