Heading west on a back road 'Cause I couldn't face the dawn The tollway would've saved time But I was down to my last dime I just went with the road that I was on Thank you for the ride she said She just wanted to tag along And I had a wound to heal I gave a ride to the devil and she took the wheel And I just went with the road that I was on Blood spill in Wisconsin Blood lets in Idaho She said it was an ethnic cleanse And she pulled the trigger, she should make amends I just went with the road that I was on Father, would he forgive me For these things that I have done? He said, 'Boy don't even waste your breath You been riding in the valley of the shadow of death When you went with that road that you were on' I said, 'You got some dirt up under your collar And then I turned to face the dawn My life was in a downhill skid The spirit never moved me but that young girl did When I went with the road that I was on