Good times are down the road
Mama won't let me go
I'm sneakin' off in my daddy's car
Parked behind the B&B bar
Thinkin' I'll go crazy if I can't get out
I'm on a dead-end street in a ten-block town
Every day I say I'm gonna leave
Every night I'm in the joints again
Down the road
Down the road
Down the road
Down the road
Damn nights and a heavy heart
When will my real life start?
I'm tired of six-packs and drivin' shows
And talkin' back to the radio
I got wheels and I'm ready to pack
And I don't know what's holdin' me back
One day I'll take the coastal bend
Into the Gulf of Mexico and drive on in
Down the road
Down the road
Down the road
Down the road
Blues kings in the Catholic hall
The headlights bumpin' through the fog
Sirens screamin' on a one-lane street
I can hear it from my bedroom screen
Thin walls in a cheap motel
People next door, they fight like hell
Drinkin' whiskey from a paper cup
And watchin' TV 'til the sun comes up
Down the road
Down the road
Down the road
Down the road
Sittin' on a dock with my feet in the lake
Chewin' on a chicken neck
Smokin' Camels I stole from a pack
And watchin' crabs swimmin' in the tracks
Wishin' I could take a waterway
From Lake Charles on out to Galveston Bay
Keep on goin' to the open sea
Wind like the wind runnin' free
Down the road
Let the good times roll
Down the road
Come on and free my soul
Down the road
Come on, baby, I got to go
Down the road
Come along, you know
Down the road
Take a trip with me
Down the road
I'm ready to the deep blue sea
Down the road
Ooh, baby, ooh-wee
Down the road
Yeah, come along with me
Down the road
Baby
Down the road
Ooh-ooh, yeah
Down the road
Down the road