Drive-By Truckers - 72 this highways mean

^CDon't know why they even bother putting this ^Fhighway on the map ^CEverybody that's ever been on it knows ^Fexactly where they're at ^GHells on both ends of it ^FAnd no where's in between This highway's mea^Cn ^F

^CSeems like it's always hot down here, ^Fno matter when you come ^CIt's the kind of heat that holds you like a ^Fmama holds her son ^GTight when he tries to walk, ^Feven tighter if he runs ^GIt's a mean old dusty highway ^FBut it's the only one that'll get you there^{G Am}Tha^Ft'll get you there

^AmMean old highway ^FStuck to the ^Cground in Mississip^Ampi It's the ^Fone'll set me fre^Ce ^FIt's the same one that I see ^GBeing ripped up off the ground and wrapped ^Faround me ^GDon't let it fool you this highway's mea^Cn

^CI don't need a map to tell me w^Fhere I am today ^CThis feeling that I have has ^Falways led the way ^GDown here, you're running from a broken heart ^FOr to a heart that you have to break on ^Cthis mean old highway