Black Lines and White Crosses

Hey Now did you hear that

I think the highway just called my name

It said come and join me and i'll set you free

But uh we all know freedom means nothing left to lose

But if you got nothing left to lose you've got

Everything to gain, everything to gain

And those black lines and the little white crosses

Tell the tale and score the losses

Yeah those Black lines and the little white crosses

Tell the tale and score the losses

Gotta keep on pushing til you get back home

Til you get back home til you get back home yeah

Well I was just outside of Reno Bout mile marker 75

Rollin down Interstate 80 i was making pretty good time

I saw those headlights facing west in the ditch of an eastbound track

And judging from the skid marks they were going way too fast

So i hit the brakes and pulled to the side and that's where i found her lying'

In the broken glass and pill bottles of her past

Breaker one nine come on back, I could use some help, a trucker finally answered

Said he'd call the sheriff when he made next truck stop

She couldn't walk so I picked her up and carried her to the car

I gave her my old serape and tried to get her warm

The deputy showed a couple hours later and asked her if she had ID

She held up her empty hand and said I'm from California

That was followed by some haunting laughter and i can still hear it today

The sheriff and i just stood there shivers running down our spines

Well we looked around and found her purse lying in the dirt

He called in the name he found on her license issued by the golden state

Turns out her family had been searching for a least a couple weeks

And I'm sure her children were crying mama when you coming home

When you coming home, when you coming home

And those black lines and the little white crosses

Tell the tale and score the losses

Yeah those Black lines and the little white crosses

Tell the tale and score the losses

Gotta keep on pushing til you get back home

Til you get back home til you get back home yeah

Keep rollin

Gotta keep on movin

Gotta keep on pushin

Till you get back home

Gotta Keep rollin

Gotta keep on movin

Gotta keep on pushin

Till you get back home