Fastest Way To Texas

She was still in Ontario when I headed down Thunder Bay I stopped off for gas in St. Paul and it got me through all of IA Yeah, she really made me mad this time and I had to get away So I was Texas bound just like that, and Texas I'd stay In a Kansas City bar off of I-35 I stopped off for directions to make up for lost time Said I was looking for the fastest way to Texas tonight A man on a stool by himself started giving me advice He said, I know the shortcuts, cause that interstate, it messed up my life. It was San Antonio, it was the middle of the night She knew I was all wrong, but she didn't want to fight So I jumped in my car and I drove out of her sight The way I get back is, son, I... Walk up, sit down and buy myself a double, then The whole time I'm there, that's when I crumble And it's whiskey, not the highway, that drives me to tears And that's the fastest way to Texas from here The fastest way to Texas from here He went on to tell me all the things along the way that remind him of her That's why he won't go back the same way, cause of how much it hurts He said, light conversation can lead anywhere From football to baseball to how life just ain't fair But in this part of this bar we don't like to go there But if you really want to know I just... Walk up, sit down and buy myself a double, then The whole time I'm there, that's when I crumble And it's whiskey, not the highway, that drives me to tears And that's the fastest way to Texas from here The fastest way to Texas from here Well, it's my way Or the highway... (Lap Steel and Lead Guitar Solos) Well, he stumbled his way through his life, through the pain and regret He said, take a look at that old car outside, cause it's all I have left And let me say one last thing, before you hit the road And buy you a round, propose a toast To the one man in this bar who knows who I hurt the most And I guess I got it then cause I just... Walked up, sit down and bought us both a double, then The whole time we were there, that's when I crumble And it's whiskey, not the highway, that drives me to tears And that's the fastest way to Texas from here The fastest way to Texas from here The fastest way to Texas from here, yes it is Yes it is, baby... She was still in Ontario and I headed up Thunder Bay...