New Speedway Boogie (feat. Jim Lauderdale)

Please don't dominate the rap, Jack

If you got nothin' new to say

If you please, don't back up the track

This train's got to run today

I spent a little time on the mountain

I spent a little time on the hill

Heard some say, "Better run away"

Others say, "Better stand still"

Now I don't know but I've been told

It's hard to run with the weight of gold

In other hand, I have heard it said

It's just as hard with the weight of lead

One way or another

One way or another

One way or another

This darkness got to give

Who can deny, who can deny

It's not just a change in style?

One step done and another begun

And I wonder how many miles

I spent a little time on the mountain

Spent a little time on the hill

And things went down we don't understand

But I think in time we will

And I don't know but I was told

In the heat of the sun, a man died of cold

Keep on a-runnin', or stand and wait

With the sun so dark and the hour so late

One way or another

One way or another

One way or another

This darkness got to give

Oh, no, you can't overlook the lack, Jack

Of any other highway to ride

It's  got no signs or dividin' lines

And very few rules to guide

I spent a little time on the mountain

I spent a little time on the hill

Saw things gettin' pretty out of hand

And I guess they always will

Now I don't know but I've been told

If the horse don't pull, you got to carry the load

And I don't know whose back's that strong

Maybe find out before too long (Too long)

One way or another

One way or another

One way or another

This darkness got to give

One way or another

One way or another

One way or another

This darkness got to give

Ooh, ooh