Down in the cottonwoods
if only I could catch a ride.
Down in the cottonwoods
if only I could catch a ride.
You must get lonesome brother road.
Haven’t seen a car since morning,
don’t know where I’m headed
but my ride always comes
without any warning.
Think I see my future
in a semi slowing down,
they’re usually going eighty-five
when they get this far from town.
“Hey buddy, do you want a ride?
I need a driver been driven all night.
I wanna sleep like a baby, wake up in BC.
do you think you could drive her?
Four on the floor, four next door,
that’s sixteen gears and it seems like it’s more,
but I bet you could drive her.
Hop up in, open a beer,
you just watch me get in gear,
I’ll put it in neutral when I come to a hill,
I’ll slide over and you take it Bill."
Come up from Texas with a full load on,
the crates say chicken but the chicken is gone,
border to border, it’s a package deal,
I got gold for Canada, now you take the wheel.
Don’t know who’s selling or who’s gonna buy
and I don’t ask questions cause I don’t wanna die.
Keep your eye on the road, wheels on the ground,
I’ll show you when I wake up how to slow down,
look at you drive her, ooo-whee
I’m gonna sleep like a baby,
wake up in BC, look at you drive her.
Two days later in the back of a shed
we were talkin to a runner with a gun to his head,
sayin, “Come up with the money
or you’ll come up dead.”
I was more scared than he was,
now I’m runnin instead.
Runnin for the cottonwoods,
if only I could catch a ride,
if you don’t wanna run with the devil,
you better decide,
you better decide.
Back to the cottonwoods,
if only I could catch a ride,
back to the cottonwoods,
if only I could catch a ride,
if you don’t wanna run with the devil,
you better decide,
you better decide,
you better decide.
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