Dusty Road of Nowhere

Dust flies behind an old ford pickup, two babies in the front crying

As my heart races fast, I'm hitting the gas, need to hurry

Down the old gravel road, down the country lane, praying he won't follow us

There is a monster back there, he wants to kidnap the girls, he just got off the bus

Just released from prison, says there was no reason, but trust me there was

I found the bloody shoe, then the finger nail, drug down the stair, buried in our basement

I'm going to keep on driving, til I can see the highway, we don't deserve his punishment

A murder, is a murder, and I am scared to death, I have the pedal to the floor, hope I don't blow the engine, should have done life in prison

We had acres of land, just a hard working farm boy, lost his mind when we lost everything the year of the drought

So we broke up, I ran away, he found a way to get into town and lure the women, no doubt

It can never be the same, I will find a new life, get a new name, leaving  that dusty road behind us, it will soon come to a deadend

We can't hide forever, just need to get to Denver, where my best friend lives, I know she'll help out, afterall she is my friend

I'm taking that dusty road to Denver, let that mountain sky, clear up the air

Soon we won't even care, he most likely won't show up, left behind, all the past 

Down that dusty road of nowhere, where no one should dare trespass