This song is from the Truckers breakthrough album The Southern Rock Opera.
It was written and sang by Mike Cooley.
Intro
Don t know why they even bother putting this highway on the map
Everybody that s ever been on it knows exactly where they re at
Hells on both ends of it
And no where s in between
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 he tries to walk, even tighter if he runs
It s a mean old dusty highway
But it s the only one that ll get you there
That ll get you 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
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 have to break on this mean old highway
