
Date of issue: 08.06.1989
Record label: Warner
Song language: English
Desperation Road |
Driving West out on I-40 |
On my way to taste some California wine |
A broke down family flagged me down |
Near the Arizona line |
Their whole world was in a pickup |
I guess it couldn’t pull the load |
It was just our vacation |
But to them it was desperation road |
The lines on their faces |
Told the story of the places that they’d been |
Now their home is a highway |
That never seems to end |
Empty dreams and empty pockets |
Sure can make a heavy load |
To some of us it’s just a highway |
But to others it’s desperation road |
Their eyes had a sadness |
From another place in time |
A silent reminder that the grapes of wrath |
Still make bitter wine |
And it sure makes you wonder |
'Bout all the seeds our country sows |
Which of us will be the next |
To travel down desperation road |
I helped them start their pickup |
And watched them as they faded out of sight |
Guess the last thing I remember |
Is the faces of the children in my lights |
That night in a motel room |
I have a dream that made my blood run cold |
I saw my own wife and family |
Standing out on desperation road |
And their eyes had a sadness |
From another place in time |
A silent reminder that the grapes of wrath |
Still make bitter wine |
And it sure makes you wonder |
'Bout all the seeds our country sows |
Which of us will be the next |
To travel down desperation road |
Could be your own wife and family |
Standing out on desperation road |
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