Text: Stan Ridgway. Highway Song.

Everybody knows a highway song
Sing it with me, people, it won't be long
Underneath the stars, the devil you say
What you can't sing now, you better throw away

I sing a la la la
And everybody knows how to sing a highway song

Like a needle in a haystack, I've been searchin' around
I got a blue steel gun and an old bloodhound
Slept in a hollow log, make some porcupine wine
The highway man tells me to walk this time

Now everybody here knows a highway song
Sing it loud now, don't sing it so long
Sing a la la la
And everybody knows how to sing a highway song

I'm screamin' down the road, my brain on fire
I'm lookin' for the scarecrow with a tractor tire
I've got myself in dust with a TV eye
And nobody knows but the media guy

Now everybody here knows a highway song
Sing it loud now, don't sing it so long
Sing a la la la
And everybody knows how to sing a highway song

Let's hit the highway