It's a long lonely highway when you're travellin' all alone
  And it's a mean old world when you got no-one to call your own
  And you pass through towns too small to even have a name, oh yes
  But you gotta keep on goin', on that road to nowhere
  Gotta keep on goin', though there's no-one to care
  Just keep movin' down the line
    It's a long lonely highway without her by my side
  And it's a trail full of teardrops that keep on being cried
  My heart's so heavy it's a low down dirty shame oh yes
  You gotta keep on goin', on that road to nowhere
  Gotta keep on goin', though there's no-one to care
  Just keep movin' down the line
    I gotta rock for my pillow 'neath a weeping willow
  And the cool grass for my bed
  My drinking water's muddy so don't you tell me buddy
  That I wouldn't be better off dead
  It's a long lonely highway gettin' longer all the time
  And if she don't come and get me
  Well, I'm gonna lose my mind
  So if you read about me tell her she's the one to blame, oh yes
  You gotta keep on goin', on that road to nowhere
  Gotta keep on goin', though there's no-one to care
  Just keep movin' down the line
  Movin' down the line
  Movin' down the line