Road Debris

Sun's droppin' low on the bad side of noon

Headlight flickers like a barroom tune

Got a map in my pocket, but the lines don't stay

Every mile I ride just fades away

Wind hums soft through the holes in my grin

The past rides pillion, whisperin' sin

Sky bleeds red where the blacktop bends—

Another night fallin' with no goddamn end

I'm on that long, lonely road

Where the stories don't get told

Dust for blood and steel for bone

Chrome reflections of what I've known

Yeah, I ride that line, can't call it home

Just the long lonely road

Ghost towns wink in the mirror's glare

Empty pumps and a cross somewhere

Radio static hums an old man's prayer

Sounds like heaven forgot to care

I've chased the truth, I've outrun lies

Drank moonlight straight from the sky

Now I just ride where the silence flows

Talkin' to the wind ‘cause she still knows

I'm on that long, lonely road

Where the stories don't get told

Dust for blood and steel for bone

Chrome reflections of what I've known

Yeah, I ride that line, can't call it home

Just the long lonely road

There's a peace out here that don't forgive

Where you learn what it means to live

Every curve's a choice, every shadow a toll—

Trade your pain for a little control

I'm on that long, lonely road

Where the wild hearts still unfold

Got no name, got no plan

Just the throttle and the promised land

Yeah, I ride that line, won't let it go—

The long

Lonely

Road