we passed the stores we passed the hotels filled our car with gas and then we drove that night i saw the moon almost got us in an accident and then at the rest stop when that woman tried to steal my wallet it felt like an adventure isn t that what you would call it well isn t that what you would call it you re my road buddy but i m lonely all the time i thought that we d be joking having long talks on late night driving but you drive so bad i lost my patience so pass the chips and turn the station this is not a romance with the road where the moss grows up the trees to where the dirt is rusty red i thought we d find each story like a snakeskin or an arrowhead but we only stop at fast food places they hate their jobs i understand i try to act familiar but they re floating just above the land and we are all floating  you re my road buddy but i m lonely all the time i thought we d show that friendship could be stronger than the crossroads devil but i i thought i heard the toll man saying i ll take that thing you got from praying this is not a romance with the road and those cliffs are the same as in the magazines i have at home and the tall grass reminds me of the same dreams i had at home i thought life was a road and i wanted to begin it i said my friend and i going on a trip so i can only stop a minute you go to the vending machines i want to watch these kids with their mother sipping on their juice boxes and smiling at each other and and maybe that s their dad on the phone saying hey mom you shouldn t wait go ahead have dinner cause were running just a little late but we re on our way how bout it road buddy i heard about the boxcars and the family of travelers but there s real estate signs in the cornfield stubble i know there s love i bet there s trouble but you just can t spend a lifetime on the road and there s something i finally faced i finally think i come from someplace this is not a romance with the road