Mother Road

Album: Mother Road (2023)
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  • I checked in at the crossroads
    I met some strange folk
    They ran a cheap motel
    I could hear every whisper through the walls of the rooms
    Felt a little like a prison cell

    I wrote a song about a dream I had
    Then they rang the dinner bell
    And they whooped and they hollered when I came in
    Saying, "Girl, you're going straight to hell"

    Down mother road
    Once again I turn to you
    'Cause you know how I feel, mama
    You've been run over too
    Can I lean on your shoulder?
    'Til my feet find the ground, yeah
    Wherever I'm headed
    Mama, don't let it be down

    (Yeah)

    I took a little detour out to the crater
    The sky was wild with rage
    I drove my car like a rocket taking off
    Down that sunset straightaway
    There's an endlessness in the way I feel
    When I wrap my hands around that wheel
    Hmm, only I know just how far I'm gonna, go, go, go

    Down the mother road
    I always come back to you, mama
    You know just how I feel
    You've been run over too
    So can I lean on your shoulder?
    Just until my feet find the ground
    And wherever I'm headed
    Mama, don't let it be down

    Ah, she won't never let me, let me, let me
    Let me down, mama

    And I don't really know if the day will ever come
    When I'll find that peace within
    But as I roll down this rugged highway
    I'm closer than I've ever been, yeah, yeah

    Caught in Oklahoma driving too fast
    I felt my world slow down
    And I made my confession to the highway patrol
    I said, "I was lost but now I'm finally found"

    Well, she gave me a ticket anyway
    And I didn't put up a fight
    'Cause I've driven a million miles
    Lived a million lives
    Now mama's headed home tonight

    Down mother road
    I always come back to you, yeah
    Show me the way, mama, just like you always do
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    I'm gonna find my true North
    Out West or down South
    And I'll keep on rolling 'til I figure it out
    And wherever I'm headed
    Mama, don't let it be down

    I'll see you next time
    (Mama don't let it be down) down that road
    I'll be out there somewhere on that wild old trail (mama, don't let it be down)
    Tucumcari, Romeoville, Amarillo
    Fi-fi-fi-finding whatever I, I'm looking for
    I'll find it out on the mother road, yeah Writer/s: Grace Potter
    Publisher: Word Collections Publishing
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