The Road Don't Forgive

Runnin' I-10 west since Mobile Load of Budweiser for a stop in Phoenix Rain started heavy around Pensacola I ain't slept since I ate in Venice Coffee gone cold, cigarette lit Radio playin' an old Haggard hit Eyes kept closin' — I kept blinkin' The road and me were both sinkin'

The road don't forgive The road don't forget Every sleepy mile you steal Is a debt you ain't paid yet The road don't care 'bout Your wife or your kid The road don't forgive What the mile marker did

Somewhere 'round Lake Charles, I drifted Rig went left, the trailer went right Hit a Malibu full of a family Three people didn't see mornin' light I walked away, they didn't Court called it rain, not crime But I sold the truck and I sold my ring And I ain't drove a mile since that time

Every night I see their faces Mama, daddy, little girl Pickin' her doll off the dashboard In the slow-motion end of the world I'd trade my whole damn life for theirs I'd pay it back a thousand times But the road don't forgive And the dead don't take signs

The road don't forgive The road don't forget Every minute you close your eyes Somebody's counting the debt The road don't care 'bout Your deadline or you The road don't forgive And neither do I The road don't forgive And neither do I

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