One for the Road

He threw his pike beside the spikes beneath the ashes Where he was going, didn't know, but saw no call for clashes He jumped out of the hopper as the train pulled in the yard Dodged the bulls and slid off in the night With the blood around your ankles from them pullin' at your shackles You cannot seem to fight or break away You'll find a taste of freedom when they tell you that you need 'em And you hunt 'em down just like a bird of prey One for the road and away we go Pour it on the ground to the frozen snow One for the road and away we go We're singing as we rove and venture He hitched a ride and pitched a sign beside the station We finally reached the edge of 48 and all creation They speak of California with a timbre that'll warn ya He found where he could finally stake his claim And when you're swingin' from handles And they're blowin' out the candles They don't care about who you are, it's who you know And with the phony friends you're makin' And the smiles that you're fakin' It beats the life you left back in the snow One for the road and away we go Pour it on the ground to the frozen snow One for the road and away we go We're singing as we rove and venture With the blood around your ankles from them pullin' at your shackles You cannot seem to fight or break away You'll find a taste of freedom when they tell you that you need 'em And you hunt 'em down just like a bird of prey And when you're swingin' from handles And they're blowin' out the candles They don't care about who you are, it's who you know With the phony friends you're makin' With the smiles that you're fakin' It beats the life you left back in the snow One for the road and away we go Pour it on the ground to the frozen snow One for the road and away we go We're singing as we rove and venture One for the road and away we go Pour it on the ground to the frozen snow One for the road and away we go We're singing as we rove and venture