Woke up in the mornin' with the middle of nowhere blues Nothin' in my pocket but a ticket that I can't use Been hangin' around this town and it's startin' to show Down the road I go Standin' on the highway with the road burnin' through my shoes Roll over Kerouac and tell Woody Guthrie the news Heard it said there ain't nothin' ahead but I don't know Down the road I go Blowin' in the wind and flyin' like a cannonball Never seen a city where I couldn't find a place to fall But it's only a matter of time before I'm feelin' low Down the road I go Daddy was a Chevy mama was a Cadillac I was gone as soon as I was born and I ain't been back I'm a rounder and a friend to any old wind that blows Down the road I go