I'm travelin' down the road and I'm flirtin' with disaster I've got the pedal to the floor, my life is running faster I'm out of money, out of hope, it looks like self-destruction Well, how much more can we take with all of this corruption We're flirtin' with disaster, y'all know what I mean And the way we run our lives, it makes no sense to me I don't know about yourself or what you want to be, yeah When we gamble with our time, we choose our destiny I'm travelin' down that lonesome road Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load Yeah, I've tried to turn my head away Feel about the same most every day You know what I'm talking about, baby Speeding down the fast lane, honey, we're playin' from town to town The boys and I've been burnin' it up, can't seem to slow it down I've got the pedal to the floor, our lives are runnin' faster We got our sights set straight ahead, but I ain't sure what we're after
Flirtin' with disaster, y'all damn sure know what I mean You know, the way we run our lives, it makes no sense to me I don't know about yourself or what you plan to be, yeah When we gamble with our time we choose our destiny Yeah, we're travelin' down that lonesome road Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load Don't try to turn my head away I'm flirtin' with disaster every day And you are too, baby Flirtin' with disaster, babe, y'all know what I mean You know the way we run our lives, it makes no sense to me I don't know about yourself or what you plan to be When we gamble with our time we choose our destiny Yeah, we're traveling down this lonesome road Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load Don't try and turn my head away, ba ba ba yeah Flirtin' with disaster every day