Story Behind The Song
Ex con gets back into trouble and loses girl - again. Now he's on the run staring at the rearview mirror, wishing he was going back to her. "But no matter how fast, no matter how long, just can't run past, this fate I was born."
Song Description
Ex con gets back into trouble and loses girl - again. Now he's on the run staring at the rearview mirror, wishing he was going back to her.
| Song Length |
3:40 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Mood |
Heartbreaking, Furious |
| Subject |
Lost Love, Crime, Theft |
Similar Artists |
Hank Williams, Johnny Cash |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
G Am
Couple wrong turns
G Am
And I'm back on that road
G Am
Thought I'd learned
Em
Shoulda knowed
Nothin surer
Than the Law of Murphy
Nothin harder
Than easy money
CHORUS
Am
Stare at the rearview
F
Convince myself
G
I'm heading back to you
Am
Stead of straight to hell
Am
White lines pulling me
F
Into the night
G
Till your memory
Am
Fades from sight
Been on the inside
I ain't going back
So I'll run without lights
Throw em off the track
Thought we had dreams
Start all over
Now nothin but sirens
And running for cover
CHORUS
But no matter how fast
No matter how long
Just can't get past
That fate I was born
You'll go on
Have you a life
And I'll keep running
Hiding from light
And I'll...
CHORUS x 2