Bernard Allison: "Time Flies By"

Everything seems to be just fine,
I see bright lights up ahead.
That's when they show me that detour sign.
That's why I left early this morning
So it wouldn't affect my arrival time.
Been a long hard road to travel.

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Big Star: "Big Black Car"

Driving in my big black car
Nothing can go wrong
I'm going and I don't know how far
So, so long.

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Black Box Recorder: "The English Motorway System"

The English motorway system is beautiful and strange
It's been there forever, it's never going to change
It eliminates all diversions,
It eliminates all emotions
(All you got to do to stay alive is drive.)

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Randall Bramlett: "Blue Road"

Come on down off that Interstate, baby,
We're riding on a blue highway tonight.

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Eden Brent: "Mississippi Number One"

MississippiNumber 1
Carry me to my home
Where the Delta Blues was born
Along miles and miles of sandy loam
MississippiNumber 1
Delta Great River Road...
It's a dead end south at 14
It's a dead end north at 49
It's the last of the bluest highways
I recommend it if you have the time.

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J. D. Clark: "Highway 101"

It's the place where they fell in love ...
Because on that old beat up road
Two people became one
Their lives were changed forever
Out on Highway 101.

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The Decembrists: California One

Take a long drive with me
on California One, on California One.
And the road a-winding goes
From Golden Gate to roaring cliff-side,
And the light is softly low
As our hearts become sweetly united
Beneath the sun of California One.

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Delta Moon: "Blue Highway"

Rolling from the twilight
From Memphis to LA
On the blue highway ...
And it ain't that I don't love you.
Tonight I'm lonesome as can be
But that blue highway keeps calling
And it's got a hold on me.

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John Denver: "Sweet Surrender"

Lost and alone on some forgotten highway
Traveled by many, remembered by few
Lookin' for something that I can believe in
Lookin' for something that I'd like to do with my life.

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Wayne Hancock: "87 Southbound"

87 southbound, to San Anton'.
It's getting late out, I'm forty miles from home
The rain keeps a fallin', like the tears of my eyes
Just tryin' to wash away the hurt from all your lies.
And lightnin' streaks across the evenin' sky ...
I know when the morning comes,
I'll still be a walking son-of-a-gun.
When afternoon comes rolls around,
I'll have ten more miles and one more town.

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Wayne Hancock: "Drive On"

Livin' up and down this highway
Everything just falls right in line.
Ain't got no worries
Hang around this heart of mine
And when the sun goes to settin'
The day has come and gone
And I say hey, brother, drive on.

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Wayne Hancock: "Going Back to Texas"

I've gone through Arizona, right through New Mexico.
I'm gonna keep on driving just as hard as I can go
I'm an Interstate daddy
Taking my lonely heart back home.
I'm going back to Texas
Back to the only gal I've ever known.

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Wayne Hancock: "Highway Bound"

On a midnight drive
In the cool Texas air
You can see a million stars.

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Wayne Hancock: "Johnson City"

I'm goin' west through Johnson City
I'm leavin' town today.
I don't know where I'm headed
How long I'm gonna stay.
I'm gonna cruise with my baby
I'm gonna get on I-10 and drive
I'm goin' west through Johnson City
Me and that baby of mine.

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Wayne Hancock: "Life on the Road"

Gonna drive straight through four states
And do a three hour show
Man it sure beats diggin' ditches
Livin' life on the road ...
Well there's I-10 west,
I-40 east,
Thirty-five to Minnesota
Fifty-nine to New Orleans.

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Wayne Hancock: "Man of the Road"

Well I'm a man of the road and the highway is my home.
Coast to coast there ain't a route that I ain't drove.
Well I'm goin' to Kansas City, headed up the 35,
Then I'm off to Minnesota, that's one hell of a drive.

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Wayne Hancock: "Route 23"

When I read this morning's headlines I saw your name
And it mentioned just two others that share your fame.
In another fourteen days you would have married me
Now there's nothing but a cross out on Route 23 ...

Well I walked that stretch of pavement where you breathed your last
Run my fingers though the gravel and the broken glass
They told me not to come here, but I had to see
All that's left a' what was once mine on Route 23

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Dave Insley: "Exit 93"

For 30 years my wife and I have lived out on the road
This sleeper cab's the only place we ever called our home.
Somehow we raised our children in between the mileposts
We taught 'em right from wrong
As this truck rolled from coast to coast ...
Now I've gone and left my little family to grieve
I crashed that rig outside of town at exit 93.

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Dave Insley: "Open Road"

I pulled my hat down on my head
Stuck my thumb out in the wind
I got tired of this crazy little town
The road was calling me old friend ...
Time sure flies when you're busy living
And it creeps along slow when you're dead
An open road and some empty pockets
All the little things that were left unsaid.

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Irma Thomas: "Flowers"

They were driving home on a Saturday night,
Last thing he saw was a drunk's headlight.
Now his wife ties roses to a wooden post
At the place by the highway where her man was lost.
Look!
Look at those flowers
Look!
Remember them well.

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LL Cool J.: "Goin' Back to Cali"

Going back to Cali, stylin', profilin'
Growlin', and smilin', while in the sun
The top is down, on the black Corvette ...
VRRRROOM engine's blowin',
Movement of the wind, back wheelsspin
Pop in a cassette and push play.

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Robbin Thompson: "Highway 101"

I knew my time had come,
Walked out the door, stuck out my thumb
Out on Highway 101.
Which way I was going,
Lord, I didn't rightly know.
Felt like a feather waiting for the wind to blow.

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Stray Cats - "18 Miles to Memphis"

We've been driving all night long
Just to reach our destination in your town
We've been 500 miles, everyone's asleep, there's not a sound
Ooh, eighteen wheels a-rolling, eighteen wheels a-rolling
Round and round.

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The Waifs: "Goodbye"

Back road, black road, red dirt road
Highway, byway, freeway, my way
Or the crossroads, where do you go?
Wherever I travel, gonna lead me home.

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The Waifs: "How Many Miles"

I thought of you 'til the sun broke through
And I watched that road unwind.
Funny how that road, was just like the trail we made,
Every little twist and turn and bump left me feeling worn and frayed.
How many miles did we wander,
How many nights did we drive on through,
Travelled the road like rolling thunder,
And none of them lead to anywhere that we wanted them to.

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J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers: "Last Kiss"

Well, where oh where can my baby be
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven
So I got to be good
So I can see my baby
When I leave this ol' world

We were out on a date in my Daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far.
There in the road, straight ahead,
The car was stalled, the engine was dead.
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right,
Never forget the sound that night
The cryin' tires, the bustin' glass
The painful scream that I heard last ...
But I found my baby somehow that night
I raised her head and when she smiled and said
"Hold me darling for a little while"
I held her close
I kissed her our last kiss.

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Edgar Winter: "Freedom"

There's no better time than today
To find freedom.
Life is like a wheel now
Rolling down the highway
Living life the way I feel now
Got to do it my way.

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Edgar Winter: "I'd Do It Again"

It's a long, long road
I'm on it again
It's a wild, wild ride
That never should end...
I got no regrets
You know I'd do it again.

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Edgar Winter: "Rebel Road"

Flying high, riding free
Well, fast forward, no reverse . . .
Going to chase that midnight sky
On the rebel road
You know I was born to ride
On the rebel, on the rebel road.

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The Muppets: "Movin' Right Along"

Kermit: Opportunity just knocked,
Let's reach out and grab it,
Together we'll nab it.
Fozzie: Ya! We'll hitch-hike, bus, or Yellow cab it.
Kermit (spoken): Cab it?
Kermit & Fozzie: Movin' right along
Kermit: Foot-loose and fancy free.
Gettin' there is half the fun; come share it with me.

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All Girl Summer Fun Band: "Down South, 10 Hours, I-5"

The window's open, we're getting rained on.
We're still here, but not for long.
I heard it's sunny, heard it's sunny, heard it's sunny
Down south, ten hours, I-5.

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Blue Highway: "It's a Long Long Road"

It's a long long road to wander all alone
It's a cold cold wind, hear it moan
Cryin' like a lost child out in the night
Searching for the way
And looking for the light.

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Blue Highway: "Life of a Travelin' Man"

Get the yard cut down and the babies fed
A million songs runnin' through my head.
Daylight comes I'll be gone again.
When does the highway ever end ...
I can't slow down the life I've chose
Somehow I love the way it goes
Time moves fast and the wheels turn slow
That's how the life of a travelin' man goes.

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Blue Highway: "Ridin' the Danville Pike"

Ridin' through the night, on the Danville Pike,
I gotta be there by the break of daylight.
Twenty five miles is all I like.
I'm ridin' the Danville pike.

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Butterfly Boucher: "Another White Dash"

There is something exciting about leaving everything behind,
There is something deep and pulling leaving everything behind,
Something about having everything you think you'll ever need
Sitting in the seat next to you.
And I watch another white dash fly beside us.

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Zac Brown Band: "Highway 20 Ride"

Son, there's things I haven't told you
Your mom and me couldn't get along
So I drive, and I think about my life
And wonder why, that I'll slowly die inside
Every time I turn that truck around right at the Georgia line
And I count the days and the miles back home to you
On that Highway 20 ride.

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Ry Cooder: "Drive Like I Never Been Hurt"

I'm a good man when the flag goes down
I'm going to drive like I never been hurt
Down the road like you never lie
I'll find my way like I never been lost.

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Blair Hansen: "Road Song"

I compare my life to the roads...
Uphill, downhill,
Speedin' through,
Then I crash and burn.
It's then I wonder, I really wonder.
Where do these signs lead?
When will the roads meet?
And I keep on driving and looking for
A hidden highway, a forgotten pathway
A distant road to lead me home.

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Faith Hill: "If My Heart Had Wings"

Damn these old wheels
Rolling too slow
I stare down this white line
With so far to go
Headlights keep coming
Loneliness humming along ...
I stare through this windshield
Thinking out loud
Time keeps on crawling
Love keeps on calling me home.

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Kazzer: "Peddle to the Metal"

When it's time to go I put my foot to the floor,
Let the diesel do the work. I ain't complaining no more.
Highways and straight-aways off roads and open roads,
No matter where I go I'll be makin' the show
And it's kinda like life, when life treats you good,
It's not what's on the outside it's what's under the hood.

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Men Without Hats: "Freeways"

On the freeways,
Oh ah oh oh ah ahhh
American Radio in your homes and bars
It's music to my ears in a foreign car
Pop radio stars [ABBA, Roxy, T-Rex]
My seatbelt's fastened tight, I feel secure
Both hands upon the wheel, My life's insured
If you're feeling low, driving's the cure.

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Don Nix: "Let the Wind Blow"

Drivin' round, nowhere to go
Window down, with my elbow,
Radio on, listening loud ...
Minding my business, reading the signs.
Look in the mirror, no police behind,
Wind it up, let it down.
I love the wheels going round and round
Let the wind blow on that open road.

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Garnet Rogers: "Night Drive"

Hurtling westward through the prairie night
Under the spell of motion,
Your eyes were keen and bright in the dashboard light
Dreaming of the western ocean ...
I know this road and its every curve.

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Dan Seals: "Big Wheels In The Moonlight"

I came from a town that was so small
You look both ways and you could see it all.
All I wanted was some way out every evening
I'd slip into town and stand around by the caution light
And watch the big trucks rolling by.
For me it was a beautiful sight, big wheels in the moonlight.
I had a case of wanderlust, I'd lie awake with the windows up.
Out on highway fifty-nine, I could hear some big old diesel whine.
She was going through all the gears headed out to who knows where
I fell asleep most every night dreaming about big wheels in the moonlight.
Peter Wolf: "Nothing But the Wheel"
Leaving all I know back home
Rushing through the cold night air
And rollin' on with nothing but the wheel.
Staying clear of the Interstates,
I'm seeking out the lone two lanes . . .
And 41 goes on and on,
And a life goes winding in the dawn
And the sky's the color of polished steel
And the only thing I know for sure
Is you don't want me any more
And I'm holding on to nothing but the wheel

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Dierks Bentley: "Life on the Run"

I took off the way I came
Moonlight reflecting off the chrome ...
Living life on the run ...
The white lines on the road
That's the only trail I leave behind me
Been chasing highline polls
Ever since the night I slipped out of town
Somewhere in the distance is where I need to be
All I care about right now is speed.

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Best Friends Forever: "Eisenhower is the Father (of the Interstate Highway System)"

My true love and I ... tried to sleep
In the grass at the rest stop where I once read that
Eisenhower is the Father of the Interstate Highway System.
And so this song is just a way to say thank you to him.

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Brady Bunch: "Keep on Keepin' On"

Flying down the highway
In my makeshift Model T.A.
Woo! Yeah! Woo...
It's a beautiful morning
And it's gonna be a beautiful day.

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Calexico: "Bend to the Road"

Watching your eyes go back and forth
Out on the highway,
Watching your heart bend to the road,
Kiss your forehead as I turn to go ...
You're holding back your tears
From letting go of your heart
Leaving the middle of the road
Letting go just a little bit
Till it all spills out the side of the road.

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Judy Collins: "The Coming of the Road"

We used to hunt the cool caverns deep in our forest of green
Then came the road and the tavern and you found a new love it seems.
Once I had you and the wildwood, now it's just dusty roads ...
You used to curse the bold crewmen who stripped our earth of its ore.
Now you've changed and you've gone over to them
And you've learned to love what you hated before ...
And I can't help but blamin' your goin'
On the coming, the coming of the roads.

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Tomcat Courtney: "Four Wheel Drive"

My baby got a four-wheel drive
And she just won't let me ride.
I try to flag her
But the first just drive on by.
I can't catch up with my baby
Since that girl got that four-wheel drive.
I try to flag her,
But she just won't let me ride.

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Mac Davis: "Texas in My Rearview Mirror"

I was just fifteen and outta control
Lost to James Dean and rock and roll ...
I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas
In my rear view mirror ...
So I laid out one night in June
Stoned on the glow of the Texas moon
Humming an old Buddy Holly tune
Called Peggy Sue ...
My momma kept calling me home
But I just did not want to hear her
And the vision was getting clearer
In my dreams.

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Diesel: "Sausalito Summer Nights"

We left for Frisco in your Rambler
The radiator running dry.
I've never been much of a gambler
and had a preference to fly.
You said "forget about the airline,
let's take the car and save the fare."
We blew a gasket on the Grapevine
and eighty dollars on repairs
All aboard (Sausalito summernight).

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John Dillon: "Double Yellow Line"

I'm runnin' down the highway
Too young to die today
Too old to wonder who I am.
I may not know where I'm going
But I'll know when I arrive ...
So the highway keeps me young
I've got a song to be sung
And I'm rollin' down the double yellow line.

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Drive-By Truckers: "No, I Ain't Happy"

Bout 80 cities down, 800 to go
Six crammed in, we ain't never alone.
Never homesick, ain't got no home ...
I've seen just how much I can stand ...
Seen my number fly by on Interstate Ten
Seen the mountains of Montana at Seven AM ...
Hell no, I ain't happy.
But I ain't too crappy, too crappy at all.

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Bill Emerson: "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexiso"

But the billboards on the highways
And the brake lights on the cars
Make me jump out on the highway
With my bag and my guitars.
If she comes or if she goes
It doesn't matter any more
Because I'm ridin' my thumb to Mexico.

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The Fiery Furnaces: "Drive to Dallas"

If I see you tomorrow I don't know what I will do.
I'm not going to cut my hair or run around the block.
I'm not going to drive to Dallas with blurry eyes ever again,
With windshield wipers that can't wipe away my tears,
And everything I own piled up in the backseat,
With a speeding ticket from that speed trap town
The one that got my license revoked.

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Flatlanders: "Thank God for the Road"

Thanks God for the Road
And the hubcaps and the headlights
And the mud flaps and the taillights
And the dim lights and the bright lights.

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Foghat: "Road Fever"

I'm back on the road and I ain't gonna stop,
Goin' to roll 'til I'm old, gonna rock 'til I drop.
Out of the smog, headin' into the sun,
I'm goin' to New Orleans, Bourbon Street here I come!
Road fever, wheels turnin' in the rain,
Road fever, fire burnin' in my brain,
Give her the gun, drive like a hurricane.

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Foghat: "Long Way to Go"

The road that I travel is foggy and wide,
I lost my direction, I'm wanderin' from side to side.
Heart beatin' fast, feet movin' slow,
No time to lose, but I sure got a long way to go, long way to go.
Rough is the road, dark is the night,
I ain't gonna rest 'til I see the big city lights.

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Ruthie Foster: "When It Don't Come Easy"

Red lights flashing down the highway
Wonderin' if we're ever going to get home tonight.

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James Hand: "Midnight Run"

I'm taking me a midnight run,
I'm making another one.
A thousand miles or more I'll drive
To where I lived when I thought I was alive.

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Kathy Mattea: "455 Rocket"

In my 455 Rocket
The kind the police drive
I couldn't hardly wait to just take my turn.
She was made for straight aways ...
As we skid I thought I heard angels sing
Sounded like the Beach Boys.
Hit the curb then began to sail
Took out most of the safety rail.
Even the cop asked me, "Man what'd you have in that thing?"

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NRBQ: "Little Floater"

I'm in love with an automobile
And I know it's in love with me.
When I get behind the wheel
I know what it is to be free.

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Ted Nugent: "Writing on the Wall"

Racin' down the highway
I'd rather have it my way.

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The Silos: "I'm Over You"

Today I'm gonna be
Driving down Highway 441
With the windows down ...
I'm gonna phone her
But not today ...
I'm over you.

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Van Halen: "Panama"

Jump back, what's that sound?
Here she comes, full blast and top down ...
Ain't nothin' like it, her shiny machine
Got the feel for the wheel, keep the movin' parts clean ...
Don't you know she's coming home with me ...
She's runnin', I'm flyin'
Right behind in the rearview mirror now
Got the fearin', power steerin'
Pistons poppin', ain't no stoppin' now.

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Neil Young: "Fork in the Road"

Got a pot-belly
It's not too big
Gets in my way when I'm driving my rig
Driving this country in a big old rig
Things I see mean a lot.

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Neil Young: "Get Behind the Wheel"

You know she needs attention
So take her for a ride
She loves to go anywhere
Any time that you decide
You gotta get behind the wheel.

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Neil Young: "Hit the Road"

Out on the freeway in the middle of the commute
Bumper to bumper in a giant cloud of fumes
From city to city everyone is on the move
Tryin' to find the energy to stay in the groove
Let's hit the road and go.
When I'm rollin' on those big round wheels
Puts me in heaven, that's exactly how I feel.
Just jump inside and turn the key
Your satisfaction is guaranteed.

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Neil Young: "Off The Road"

When you're all alone
And you've been driving through the night
And you know the end is not in sight
You can never take your eyes
Off the road.

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Neil Young: "When Worlds Collide"

Cruising down Route 66
Where the guys and gals
Used to get their kicks in the old days.
Runnin' low on the people's fuel,
Ridin' in something that's really cool
On the proud highway.

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Rob Zombie: "Two-Lane Blacktop"

Drivin'
Drivin'
Drivin'
Blacktop rollin'
Where ya goin', I'm goin' to Amarillo
A zero to sixty, in a 7.5.

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