72 (This Highway's Mean)

Don't know why they even bother Putting this highway on the map Anybody that's ever been on it Knows exactly where they're at This hell's on both ends of it Nowhere's in between And this highway's mean Seems like it's always hot down here No matter when you come It's the kind of heat that holds you Like a mama holds her son Tight when it tries to walk, even tighter if it runs It's a mean old dusty highway But it's the only one that'll get me there That'll get me there Mean old highway Stuck to the ground in Mississippi It's the one'll set me free It's the same one that I see Being ripped up off the ground And wrapped around me Don't let it fool you This highway's mean But I don't need a map to tell me where I am today This feeling that I have has always led the way Down here, you're running from a broken heart Or to a heart that you got to break On this mean old highway On this mean old highway Mean old highway Stuck to the ground in Mississippi It's the one'll set me free It's the same one that I see Being ripped up off the ground And wrapped around me Don't let it fool you This highway's mean Well, this highway's mean Highway! And I told you this highway's mean!