Lyrics
Down the road about five miles from here
The highway moans as it grows each year
It's bringing business in from far away
Foreign dollars for the workers' pay
Workers come and then workers go
Up on the freeway and down the road
Mortgage houses, mortgage lives
TV dinners and TV wives
The night is brighter than it used to be
The new convenience store sells gasoline
It never closes, they say it's the best
It's got lotto tickets and cigarettes
The other day there was a crash
One more dreamer who's not coming back
They hung a jacket on the cross
He crossed the center line, we all get lost
Driving blindly we can't see the light
Driving blindly we can't know what's right
Down the road about five miles from here
I remember when the air was clear
And it was quiet, time was slow
Off gone the fence posts and watch the road
Now close your eyes, turn your head
All is gone and there ain't nothing said
Fields of golden, fields of green
They border forest and the country stream
The other day there was a crash
One more dreamer who's not coming back
They hung a jacket on the cross
He crossed the center line, we all get lost
Driving blindly we can't see the light
Driving blindly we can't know what's right