Most of this is a maybe There ain't no perfect plan All along I've been keeping on the run From how it began With tears like the eyes of a baby And love like a sinking sand Everybody's got an axe to grind But mine done slipped through my hands Now I have seen the face On the ghost of old highways I tried to tell you but it's no use So what am I doing here Where every beauty hides a truth Like dust on a chandelier And nothing knows temptation Like the edge of a blade Where all I ever wanted Was to see your face When I reach my dying day Now I have seen the ghosts All the ghosts of old highways And heaven knows I don't Want them to come and take me away The business end of the barrel Smoking like the mouth of the sun There's no danger like a knot in a noose Slowly coming undone It's never easy when it comes so quick I couldn't ever make the comfort stick And everybody wants to know the trick But no, no, no There ain't one So if it's not too late I won't make them wait On that old Highway All I have I will give away On that old highway