Lyrics

On the highway yesterday
I was driving, flying away
I saw my mother sitting next to me
She said daughter, this ain’t looking good
You shoulda got out when you could
& my baby was laying, gutshot, on my backseat

We were barely older than kids
Our futures already on the skids
But for a while, thought we had something good
My daddy, he’d slipped away
He left his pistol & hit L.A.
& that iron shackled to my hand

I’d sweet-talk, my man - he’d grab the bags
When he came in I’d smash the glass
Never once thought of how this would end
You just keep on keeping on
Watch out for cowboys & their guns...

Mama, I think I made a wrong turn
The road looks unfamiliar under headlight burn
Mama, I think he’s sinking down
There’s blood on the highway & dust on the ground
Mama, he’s gonna die alone
Is it anybody’s fault but my own?

Later on, after he died
I figured I’d stop wasting time
I pulled off to the side
Of County Rd. 409
I’d reached the end of my ride
& I swear to God, those sirens sounded like
Banshees from Hell

Mama, I think I made a wrong turn
My lover is a corpse, & I’m holding a gun
Mama, I’m gonna die alone
It ain’t anybody’s fault but my own