this highway s mine roadmaster

Steve Earle

I m running down this highway
Don t remember where I slept last night
I just remember halfway through the night
I woke up stiff with fright
I dreamed there was no asphalt
I dreamed there was no gasoline
Felt like a rat caught in some nowhere town
I woke up and screamed
This highway
This highway
This highway
This highway
This highway
This highway s mine

I grew up on the dragstrip
I used to shut em down
I used to take their pinkslips
There s a sucker born in every town
I never showed no mercy
I blew them all away
They stood there and cursed me
As I towed their lives away

I used to run the cocaine
I used to run the weed
These days I m just running
Tryin to make this highway bleed
Sometimes the only difference tween me and this machine
Is I run on desperation
She runs on gasoline

I m the Roadmaster
The Asphalt Blaster
Mess with me and I ll shut you down
The bad thing
The highway king and I ve come to claim my kingdom now