all the roads in this town all lead the same way if you like tryin to make a dollar out of diggin your own grave half burnt cigarettes and old regrets i know it all so well it s kinda hard to get ahead when you re growin up in hell well i m packin my bags gonna head down that line like those freight trains and airplanes and diesels rollin by just like a hound dog runnin don t know where but know i m gonna go to get that engine chuggin while i set out on the highway hummin yohio i m leavin for my soul i m searchin the open road i m leavin here tonight this old town ain t got nothin left for me except for ninety nine bad habits and one liquor store to grieve gonna hit that dusty trail gonna ride that lonesome road from the great wide open to the gulf of mexico from the rugged red rock canyons to the california pines through them rollin rocky mountains down that oregon coastline gonna climb the highest mountain raise a fire into the night take a trip out in the desert while i m howlin at the moonlight yohio i m leavin for my soul i m searchin the open road i m leavin here tonight well i m gone well i m gone i ain t never runnin home like the stars in the sky i ain t never gonna die well i m packin my bags gonna head down that line like those freight trains and air planes and diesels rollin by just like a hound dog runnin don t know where but know i m gonna go to get that engine chuggin while i set out on the highway hummin yohio i m leavin for my soul i m searchin the open road i m leavin here tonight