Sittin' in the kitchen, a house in Macon
Loretta's singing on the radio
smell of coffee, eggs, and bacon
car wheels on a gravel road
pull the curtains back and look outside
somebody somehere don't know [bad word] on now child we're gonna go for a ride
car wheels on a gravel road

car wheels on a gravel road
car wheels on a gravel road

can't find a [bad word] thing in this place
nothing's where I left it before
set of keys and a dusty suitcase
car wheels on a gravel road
there goes the screen door slamming shut
you better do what you're told
when I get back this room better be picked-up
car wheels on a gravel road

car wheels on a gravel road
car wheels on a gravel road

low hum of voices in the front seat
stories nobody knows
got folks in Jackson we're going to meet
car wheels on a gravel road
cotton fields stretching miles and miles
Hank's voice on the radio
telephone poles trees and wires fly on by
car wheels on a gravel road

car wheels on a gravel road
car wheels on a gravel road

broken down shacks engine parts
could tell a lie but my heart would know
listen to the dogs barkin' in the yard
car wheels on a gravel road
child in the backseat about four or five years
lookin' out the window
little bit of dirt mixed with tears
car wheels on a gravel road

car wheels on a gravel road
car wheels on a gravel road
car wheels on a gravel road
car wheels on a gravel road