There’s a letter she keeps inside, 
A list of everyone she knows 
Behind her closed eyes 
That turn her in when it’s time to go 

She’s heading north into the haze, 
Raise the wire and they raise the rent 
She’s walking the sun back home 
And in the night the moon is gone 

Is it better? 
Is it better and better? 
Is it better than staying home with nowhere to go? 

I’ve seen your face out on the plains 
Drifting all alone  
Draw my finger in the dirt 
And down another blue road 
She’s in Kansas and Alabam’, 
Idaho and the Carolines 
Know I’ve seen her before 
Can’t you recognize those hands 

Is it better? 
Is it better and better? 
Is it better than staying back home? 

Is it better? 
Is it better and better? 
Is it better with nowhere else to go?