Road Buddy

We passed the stores, we passed the hotels

Filled our car with gas and then

We drove that night, I saw the moon

Almost got us in an accident and

And then at the rest stop when that woman tried to steal my wallet

It felt like an adventure

Isn't that what you would call it?

Well isn't that what you would call it?

You're my road buddy

But I'm lonely all the time

I thought that we'd be joking

Having long talks on late night driving

But you drive so bad I lost my patience

Stepped at the chips and turned the station

This is not a romance with the road

From where the moss grows off the trees

To where the dirt is rusty red

I thought we'd find each story

Like a snake skin or an arrowhead

But we only stop at fast food places

They hate their jobs, I understand

I try to act familiar

But they're floating just above the land

And we are floating

You're my road buddy

But I'm lonely all the time

I thought we'd show that friendship

Could be stronger than the crossroads devil

But I, I thought I heard the tollman sing

I'll take that thing you've got for a ring

This is not a romance with the road

And those cliffs are the same as in the magazines I have at home

And the tall grass reminds me of the same dreams I had at home

I thought life was a road and I wanted to begin it

I said my friend and I are going on a trip

So I can only stop a minute

You go to the vending machines

I want to watch these kids with their mother

Sipping on their juice boxes

And smiling at each other and

And maybe that's their dad on the phone saying

"Hey mom, you shouldn't wait

Go ahead, have dinner

Because we're running just a little late"

But we're on our way

And I've got a road buddy

(Road buddy)

I heard about the box cars and the family of travelers

But there's real estate signs and the cornfields stubble

I know there's love, I bet there's trouble

But you just can't span a lifetime from the road

And there's something I finally faced

I finally think I come from someplace

This is not a romance with the road