Steve Earle
This Highway’s Mine (Roadmaster)
[Verse 1]
I'm running down this highway
Don't remember where I slept last night
I just remember halfway through the night
I woke up stiff with fright
I dreamed there was no asphalt
Dreamed there was no gasoline
Felt like a rat caught in some nowhere town
I woke up and screamed

[Chorus]
This highway, this highway
This highway, this highway
This highway
This highway's mine

[Verse 2]
I grew up on the drag strip
I used to shut 'em down
I used to take their pink slips
There's a sucker born in every town
I never showed no mercy
I blew 'em all away
They stood there and cursed me
As I towed their lives away
[Chorus]
This highway, this highway
This highway, this highway
This highway
This highway's mine

[Verse 3]
I used to run the cocaine
I used to run the weed
These days I'm just running
Trying to make this highway bleed
Sometimes the only difference
Between me and this machine
Is I run on desperation
She runs on gasoline

[Bridge]
This highway, this highway
This highway, this highway
This highway, this highway
This highway, this highway
This highway, this highway
This highway, this highway

[Chorus]
This highway, this highway
This highway, this highway
This highway
This highway's mine
[Outro]
I'm the road master, the asphalt blaster
Mess with me and I'll shut you down
The bad thing, the highway king
I've come to claim my kingdom now