Discount Rate

Story Behind The Song

I was going through a bout with insomnia, so I'm sure that influenced this song to some degree. Also, I have a friend who drove 'cross country for awhile and he has told me many a story.

Song Description

Song about a truck driver, weary of the road, but he's still drawn to it for the mystery it holds.

Song Length 3:46 Genre Country - Traditional, Folk - Country
Tempo Very Slow (Under 70) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Poignant Subject Loneliness, Sleep, Tired, Fatigued
Similar Artists Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Discount Rate by Scott Aycock

It's late out on the road tonight
Center-line blurs in my headlights
Time to check into a cheap motel
and call it a night.

Motel six or motel eight
hell I can't keep 'em straight
I'm just looking for a discount rate
a good night's sleep, that'd be great.
CHORUS: I took this rig before the dawn,
been driving hard ever since
Saw the sun come up, saw the sun go down.
Bypassed a lot of small towns,
I'd trade my life for one good nights sleep, trade my life for one good nights sleep.

My days and nights are all messed up,
since before I took up driving trucks
Catch a nap once in awhile,
fall asleep counting the miles.

In my room it smells of bleach and cigarettes.
Dreams gone bad and dreams unmet
I've had my share of regrets,
but I've not given up hope yet.
CHORUS-
BRIDGE: Sleep does not come easy to those who seek.
Nor to those who no longer dream
but there's always tomorrow and the mystery it brings,
and nothing is what it seems, no nothing is what it seems.
BREAK-
It's late out on the road tonight
Center-line blurs in my headlights
Time to check into a cheap motel and call it
a night.

Lyrics Scott Aycock Music Scott Aycock
Producer Don Geesling and Travis Fite Publisher Caslon Productions
Performance Scott A. - vocal; Travis Fite- BGV, acoustic guitar; Jesse Aycock- electric guitar; Steve Pryor- pedal steel; Randy crouch- fiddle; Don Geesling Hammond B3 Label self-released

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