There's a sad, young wife Never had a life Her mother said she'd married young. And her husband's a fool Never listened to All the things she's never done. So she packs up that ol' Ford Fairlane. She's had about all she can bear. A suitcase, a hope, and a hard rain. She's gonna find it all somewhere. On the road Where the night is black. On the road Where you don't look back. There's a white line in the distance. Where it's goin' nobody knows. If it's anywhere, you'll find it On the road. There's a teenage kid No matter what he did Nobody ever understands. And he don't measure up And he's had enough Can't be his Daddy's little man. So he pulls out that hot rod Chevy. Puts in his favorite cassette. He ain't goin' to no college. The world is waitin' up ahead. On the road Where the night is black. On the road Where you don't look back. There's a white line in the distance. Where it's goin' nobody knows. If it's anywhere, you'll find it On the road. Eddie and Jill got time to kill The kids, they never come around. And a gold-plated watch was all he got When the company shut his life down. So he takes down that old Airstream. They don't know where they're bound. Sixty five years and still searching For somethin' that they never found. On the road Where the night is black. On the road Where you don't look back. There's a white line in the distance. Where it's goin' nobody knows. If it's anywhere, you'll find it. On the road. On the road. On the road.

• published: 12 Dec 2013
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