The Never Ending Road    

Al Simmons/Ken Whiteley   

I'll bet you we've been driving now for seven hours steady 

I'd consider turning back except we've come so far already 

I'd stop and ask directions but I'll bet they wouldn't know 

And anyways I haven't time we've got too far to go. 

The perpetual path of pavement that's unravelling before us 

Has a panoramic vista that does nothing more than bore us 

Fence post after fence post pass like seconds on the clocks 

We're reading ads on billboards and graffiti on the rocks 

Chorus: 

We're on the never ending road 

The never ending road 

We're on the never ending road 

We should have been there hours ago, by my calculation 

The seat that I am sitting on's cut off my circulation 

I'd better concentrate I'd better drive for all I'm worth 

I think that we're about to circumnavigate the earth 

I'm running out of patience - and what is even stranger 

I'm running out of gas I guess I'm running into danger 

I'm not concerned I'll doze off or take a little nap 

I'm worried if this road ends - we'll drive off the map

Chorus

I think that road construction crew was very inconsiderate 

What they've gone and done is built a highway that is infinite 

It doesn't matter any more; I'm late, I'm late, I'm late. 

This isn't highway 10 this is a sideways figure 8 

We're not only not arriving, we're not in the vicinity 

Yet, I know where we are going, we're driving to infinity 

It's like we're walking up an escalator going down 

Like a hamster in a wheel we're going round and round and round... 

The road continues to unravel, 

Does it lengthen as we travel? 

Now the pavement's turned to gravel! 

Will this nightmare never end. 

I'm staring at the centre lines 

Just looking up to read the signs: 

"Only you can prevent forest fires." 

"Come on down to Moe's garage - for winter tires." 

"Proceed with caution!" "Deer crossin'." 

"Soft shoulders." "Falling boulders." 

"Do not pass." "Last chance for gas." 

"Tourist information." Hydro station." 

Tourist information? 

Tourist information! 

I would say that that's 

A cause for celebration! 

Fancy that, our luck has changed for some peculiar reason 

No wait, no wait, another sign they're closed - for the season. 

Lets listen to the radio before we go insane 

"...and for you folks on the roads tonight it looks like freezing rain." 

Chorus 

Dash board drum solo! Keep the beat on the back seat! 

"We won't be first 

We won't be last, 

`Cause we are getting 

No where fast. 

Chorus 

I am seriously wishin' - I could end this expedition 

My fuel gauge is falling - And nature is calling 

Chorus 

Wake up everybody. We're here.