she s a got a rand mcnally map and a tank full of gasoline yeah love s been heading south and now she s heading out of new orleans she throws her last picture out the window near the louisiana line she s somewhere between dreaming and leaving old feelings behind as the knot comes untied her heart is running scared she s says a silent prayer lord i m counting on you to help me get through this night there s memories like mountains and each one gets hard to climb as the knot comes untied on one hand she wonders if what she is doing is wrong cause it sure is a long stretch of highway between goin and gone she s been down this road a thousand times in her mind but what s done is done she won t turn around this time as the knot comes untied she s got rand mcnally map and a tank full of gasoline