THERE'S A SAD YOUNG WIFE NEVER HAD A LIFE HER MOTHER SAYS SHE MARRIED YOUNG AND HER HUSBAND'S A FOOL NEVER LISTENED TO ALL THE THINGS SHE'S NEVER DONE SO SHE PACKS UP THAT OLD FORD FAIRLANE SHE'S HAD ABOUT ALL SHE CAN BARE A SUITCASE A HOPE AND A HARD RAIN SHE'S GONNA FIND IT ALL SOMEWHERE
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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 GOING NOBODY KNOWS IF IT'S ANYWHERE YOU'LL FIND IT ON THE ROAD
VERSE 2
THERE'S A TEENAGE KID NO MATTER WHET 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 HOD ROD CHEVY PUTS IN HIS FAVOURITE CASSETTE WELL HE AIN'T GOIN' TO NO COLLEGE THE WORLD IS WAITIN' UP AHEAD
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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 OUT THAT OLD AIRSTREAM THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE BOUND SIXTY FIVE YEARS AND STILL SEARCHIN' FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY NEVER FOUND