It drains a man
To stay on the road
Wouldn’t have guessed
This engine could still go
No destination
Just driving to drive
I’m racking up mileage
Waiting for that final
Faded sign
Engine light’s on
Got the radio dimed
Fumes in the tank
And a ghost on the passenger side
10 and 2, I’m locked in
Barely aware as the world whips by
It’s just me and the asphalt now
Me and that long white line
Frame shakes
Pistons grind
Rolling debris in the rearview
With those empty, bloodshot eyes
Shocks come unwound
In my paved mind
I’m breaking down
Gonna go, gonna go ‘til I’m totaled
No respite at the end of this tunnel
Just glare from a pair of headlights