[Intro] [driving riff, headlight-passing whoosh sound texture, drums lock in] [Verse 1] [full riff groove, restless and rolling] Truckers tell it the same story Different names, same stretch of road Girl in white out past Kingman Thumbin' rides she never showed Pick her up around the mile marker Drop her off is where it's odd Turn around and she's not sittin' Just a chill where she once was [Pre-Chorus] [tension building] She don't ask you for a favor She don't ask you for a name Just wants somebody drivin' with her On the road that took her frame [Chorus] [full weight, gang vocals on last line] She's ridin' Route 66 forever Ridin' shotgun, ridin' free Pick her up out past the desert She'll be gone by Barstow, wait and see She's ridin' Route 66 forever Just wants company [Verse 2] [same groove, delivery a little more haunted] Nineteen sixty, so they tell it Car went off around the bend Never found the one who hit her Never found out how it end Now she flags down every trucker Every driver runnin' late Maybe lookin' for the fella Maybe lookin' for her fate [Pre-Chorus] [tension building] She don't ask you for a favor She don't ask you for a name Just wants somebody drivin' with her On the road that took her frame [Chorus] [full weight, gang vocals on last line] She's ridin' Route 66 forever Ridin' shotgun, ridin' free Pick her up out past the desert She'll be gone by Barstow, wait and see She's ridin' Route 66 forever Just wants company [Guitar Solo] [driving, rolling, highway energy without rushing the tempo] [Bridge] [half-time breakdown, doom-heavy, vocals lower and distant] Some say she's just lookin' homeward Some say she don't know she's gone I just know I gave her forty miles And she thanked me and was gone [building back up toward the final chorus] So if you're drivin' after midnight And the desert's dark and wide And a girl in white is thumbin' Best to let her ride [Chorus - Final] [tempo and weight peak here, heaviest version, shouted final line] She's ridin' Route 66 forever Ridin' shotgun, ridin' free Pick her up out past the desert She'll be gone by Barstow, wait and see SHE'S RIDIN' ROUTE 66 FOREVER JUST WANTS COMPANY
