I was driving down the route doing 185 Just me and my friends out for a drive I should have seen the trouble looming ahead Should have known better I was into the red But I never saw the gun I never saw the law Hiding in back of a 4 by 4 Caught on a photograph guilty of driving fast But some days you've got to lose I'm in the slow lane I've got the slow lane blues Slow lane blues They took me to the side and gave me some grief Said I was crazy I couldn't believe Good cop bad cop they played the routine They took away my car I tossed them the keys Their was nothing on the road when I gave it the gas I never saw the law we were having a blast Caught on a photograph guilty of driving fast But some days you've got to lose I'm in the slow lane I've got the slow lane blues I gotta blues They said I had it coming a matter of time Driving like a fool ignoring the signs But I never saw the gun I never saw the law Hiding in the back of a 4 by 4 Caught on a photograph guilty of driving fast But some days you've got to lose I'm in the slow lane I was caught on a photograph guilty of driving fast But some days you've got to lose I'm in the slow lane I've got the slow lane blues