mother road

Grace Potter And The Nocturnals

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
Then they whooped and they hollered when I came in
Sayin , 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 should?r?
Until my feet find the ground, yeah
Wher?ver 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 takin off
down that sunset straightaway
There s an endlessness in the way I feel
When I wrap my hands around that wheel
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
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

Oh, 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, drivin 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)
You know Tucumcari, Romeoville, Amarillo
Find, find, find, findin whatever I m, I m lookin for
I ll find it out on The Mother Road, yeah