Left you in the arms of your mother dear,
Needed the open road to pull me through,
Where the moonlit desert sky calls, "we got all you need,
Let our pavement and yellow lines comfort you"
Like a rattlesnake I warned you, stay the hell away,
My poison will drop you to the earth
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My engine is roarin', fueled by my rage,
Will I make it home to you?
these four wheels are turnin', I pray they roll my blues,
Into that big ol' burning sun...I'm on the road
The smell of sage and dust rise with every mile,
And my heart drops at every turn,
lonely truck stop dinner where the waitress hates her life,
She smiles at me, but her eyes say its a lie,
The horizon holds the mountains, they never seem to come,
Their purple haze never fades away,
Chorus
My petitions to the Lord vanish in the wind,
They never make it to the sky,
I know my lies have twisted like the branches of our tree,
Where we'd run and share our broken dreams,
So tell your angry father and your sweet mother dear,
They'll never see my face again
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