Steve Earle Nowhere Road lyrics

There's a road, in Oklahoma
Straighter than a preacher
Longer than a memory
And it goes, forever onward
Been a good teacher
For a lot of country boys like me

I push that load from here to someday
I'll push as long as I'm alive
But I don't know how long I'll last
But it's just a road and it ain't no highway
And I'm blowin' by the double five
I know I'm going way too fast

I've been down this road just searching' for the end
It don't go nowhere it just brings you back again
And leaves you lonely and cold, standin' on the shoulder
But you've come too far to go back home

So you're walkin' on a nowhere road

Some folks say, if you keep going
And you keep it on the yellow line
It'll take you on the big highway
But there's a toll to pay, so if you're going
The keeper at the gate is blind
So you better be prepared to pay

I've been down this road just searching' for the end
And it don't go nowhere it's just brings you back again
And leaves you lonely and cold, standin' on the shoulder
But you've come too far to go back home
So you're walkin' on the nowhere road