jake brake loud as hell
guess he didn't see the sign
his rig's too big for me but i like his style

on my way to my momma's hometown
where the steel mills ran for miles even after they shut down
where the people don't assume too much

sometimes i wish that this town had made me a man

but in the later years
i heard from excellent men

"between paradise and this place
there must be a dead end"

so push that pedal down and let's get there faster

well it's three parts this and one part that
you can cook it up but can you kick it back?

on my way to my mommas hometown
to look for cigarette butts on the playground

to find a lover, maybe, easy does it
just check you out and make sure we ain't cousins

but in the later years
i heard from excellent men

"between paradise and this place
there must be a dead end"

so push that pedal down and let's get there faster

when momma was a child
there came a smog

two dozen people died
but she surivived

on my way to my momma's hometown
where the steel mills ran for miles even after they shut down
where the people don't assume too much

Lord let me go back once more before i die

but in the later years
i heard from excellent men

"between paradise and this place
there must be a dead end"

so push that pedal down and let's get there faster