Key to the Highway

I got the key to the highway

And I'm billed out and bound to go

I'm gonna leave here a-runnin'

'Cause walkin's much too slow

I'm goin' down on the border

Down where I'm better known

'Cause woman you don't do nothin'

Drive a good man away from home

Now when the moon peeks over the mountain

I'll be on my way

I'm gonna walk this old highway

Until the break of day

Around here sweet mama

Now help me with this heavy load

I'm due in West Texas

And I've got to get on the road

I'm goin' down to West Texas

And I'm goin' down behind the sun

I'm gonna ask the good Lord

What evil have I done

I'm goin' down to West Texas

I'm goin' down behind the sun

I'm gonna ask the good Lord

What evil have I done

I got the key to the highway

And I'm billed out and bound to go

I'm gonna leave here a-runnin'

'Cause walkin's much too slow