Nowhere Road

Steve Earle

There's a road, in Oklahoma


Straighter than a preacher


Longer than a memory


And it goes, forever onward


Been a good teacher


For a lot of country boys like me


I push that load from here to someday


I'll push as long as I'm alive, but I don't know how long I'll last


'Cause it's just a road, it ain't no highway


I'm blowin' by the double five


I know I'm going way too fast





I been down this road just searching' for the end


It don't go nowhere, it just brings you back again


Leaves you lonely and cold, standin' on the shoulder


But you've come too far to go back home


So you're walkin' on a nowhere road





Some folks say, if you keep rollin'


And keep it on the yellow line


It'll take you on the big highway


But there's a toll to pay, if you're going


The keeper of the gate is blind


So you better be prepared to pay