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Nowhere Road Tab

by Steve Earle


verse 1
 

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
 
verse 2
 

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

'cause it's just a road, it aint no highway

I'm blowing by the double five
                    
I know I'm going way too fast
 
Chourus
                         
I been down this road just searching for the end
                                          
It don't go nowhere, it just brings you back again
                     
Leaves you lonely and cold, standin' on the shoulder
                          
But you've come too far to go back home
                      
So you're walking on a nowhere road
 
verse 3
 
Some folks say, if you keep rollin'

And keep it on the yellow line
                         
It'll take you to the big highway

But there's a toll to pay, if you're going

The keeper of the gate is blind
                         
So you better be prepared to pay

Chorus