I set out on my own, look out here I come Whatever there might be, I was gonna get me some Pure gunpowder, I was ready to explode The fuse was lit, I was out on the hard road With the pedal pressed down hard, I jammed it in fifth gear As long as I had fuel, I could drive on out of here Following my engine, wherever it might go Tearin' up the tar, screamin' down the hard road I learned that what I wanted, lay beyond where I could see Sometimes it seems like findin' it, 's about as tough as it might be Pushin' so hard, my desperation showed Thinkin' 'bout all the time, I was burnin' on the hard road I stopped in for water, I was runnin' a little hot Topped off the radiator, bought me a double shot I asked how far, to where I might unload Before the laughin' stopped, I was back out on the hard road I never thought about it, I never once looked back I wasn't scared of nothin', out ahead of the thunder crack But somethin' was chasin' me, and it wouldn't be slowed Comin' up fast behind me, high beams on the hard road Now you could buy a map, you could draw a line Calculate your mileage, estimate your time But you come to a river, and the river's overflowed Spinnin' your wheels, doin' time on the hard road Now I'm lyin' in some bed, prayin' I might die No one can hear me, hard as I try Don't know how I got here, suspect that I was towed Got no memory at all, of comin' in from the hard road Time has stalled, nothin's movin' at all I know what's happening, I hear the voices in the hall I almost made it, to the final episode Just had a couple more miles to go, down the hard road I learned everything I know, on the hard road Someone have mercy on my soul, take me out to the hard road