Rainbow Song
Written by Dewey Bunnell, ©1973
Found on Hat Trick, Horse With No Name, Highway, and The Definitive America.

Window frames a picture of winter time within my room
Sometimes then I laugh at the funny times we had in school
Blowing leaves, broken dreams
Seventeen, dancing queen, dancing queen

I am asleep on a rainbow
Hiding from the wake of the tide
I am asleep on a rainbow
Hoping for the rest of the ride

Can you feel it moving inside of you? Can you let it go?
The purple ghost of England in winter time, and who I used to know
Blowing leaves, broken dreams
Seventeen, dancing queen, dancing queen

I am asleep on a rainbow
Hiding from the wake of the tide
I am a sleep on a rainbow
Hoping for the rest of the ride

Blowing leaves, broken dreams
Seventeen, dancing queen, dancing queen

I am asleep on a rainbow
Hiding from the wake of the tide
I am asleep on a rainbow
Hoping for the rest of the ride
I am asleep on a rainbow
Hiding from the wake of the tide
I am asleep on a rainbow
Hoping for the rest of the ride

Highway Highlight (from the box set booklet) "Rainbow Song" is another atmospheric piece by Bunnell, a nostalgic sketch of his days at Central High set to an understated Latin rhythm: "I did hang on to the high school years quite a bit. I made a lot of friends and had some eye-opening experiences. We used to have these big parties out in the woods and build a bonfire. 'A case of beer, a smile, a motorcycle child, I feel the glow surround me'--that was all about that. And I think already I was feeling guilty about my success; I was on this rainbow, hoping for the rest of the ride." [Note from Steve Lowry: The lyrics quoted above are actually from Moon Song.]