[Spoken Intro] No sign. No light. Just dust where the highway died. You stopped the truck where the blacktop thinned Said, “Wait right here, I’ll circle again” Your taillights burned like a pair of eyes Then sank clean down where the dead road lies One book of matches, a half-full flask And thirty hard miles to settle the past The coyotes laughed from the cedar line But none of them sounded as cruel as goodbye You left me where the map went white And taught my feet to walk all night At mile marker none, where the lost road ends I buried the fool who called you a friend No water, no mercy, nowhere to run You left me for dead at mile marker none I walked through the dark till the dark came undone Now I’m bringing it home from mile marker none By morning my shoes were red with clay By noon even buzzards turned away An old black crow flew fence to fence Like he knew I was collecting a debt At sundown I saw the county lights And your neon halo burning bright You raised your glass when I crossed the door Then dropped it dead on the sawdust floor You thought no road would lead me home But anger makes a map of its own At mile marker none, where the lost road ends I buried the fool who called you a friend No water, no mercy, nowhere to run You left me for dead at mile marker none I walked through the dark till the dark came undone Now I’m bringing it home from mile marker none I didn’t come with a pistol I didn’t carry a blade I laid every lie on the bar And watched your courage fade I didn’t come there for blood I came to make you known By closing time, your name was dirt And mine was finally my own No dust could blind me No dark could hold You should’ve looked behind you Before you left me on that road No dust could blind me No dark could hold You should’ve looked behind you Before you left me on that road At mile marker none, where you left me alone I found out fury can carry you home No water, no mercy, nowhere to run I walked through the fire at mile marker none I came through the dark with the rising sun Now your name is the warning at mile marker none [Outro – Spoken] If you leave somebody nowhere… Best be certain they stay there.
