Old Road to Somewhere Else

I woke up in dust and chrome With a dented map in my hand The miles kept peeling back Like paint on a fence in the heat My boots hit the broken line And I let it take my weight The sky was a spinning plate And I never asked where it went I’m on that old road Old road to somewhere else Past the field with the bent gate Past the creek and the iron smell I’m on that old road And it knows my name too well If I keep on moving Maybe I’ll leave myself I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Somewhere else, somewhere else) I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Old road, old road) Turn me loose, let me drift Turn me loose, let me drift I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Somewhere else) A dog barked once, then stopped By a house with a sagging porch I saw my face in a storefront glass Then it melted into the dark Every bend had a different sky Every sign said wait, then go I kept my hands on the wheel Like a kid with a radio I’m on that old road Old road to somewhere else Past the field with the bent gate Past the creek and the iron smell I’m on that old road And it knows my name too well If I keep on moving Maybe I’ll leave myself I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Somewhere else, somewhere else) I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Old road, old road) Turn me loose, let me drift Turn me loose, let me drift I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Somewhere else) Maybe I’m not lost Maybe I’m shedding skin Maybe every wrong turn Is a door I walk right in The moon hit the windshield Like a pale glass coin And I laughed out loud At the ghost I was before I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Somewhere else, somewhere else) I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Old road, old road) Turn me loose, let me drift Turn me loose, let me drift I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Somewhere else, somewhere else) I’m on that old road to somewhere else (Old road to somewhere else)