Don't know why they even bother

Putting this highway on the map

Anybody's that's ever been on it

Knows exactly where they're at It's hells on both ends of it

And no where's in between

This highway's mean Seems like it's always hot down here

No matter when you come

It's the kind of heat that holds you

Like a mama holds her son Tight when he tries to walk even tighter if he runs

It's a mean old dusty highway

But it's the only one that'll get me there

That'll get me there Mean old highway

Stuck to the ground in Mississippi

It's the one'll set me free

It's the same one that I see Being ripped up off the ground

And wrapped around me

Don't let it fool you

This highway's mean I don't need a map to tell me where I am today

This feeling that I have has always led the way

Down here, you're running from a broken heart

Or to a heart that you have to break on this mean old highway

On this mean old highway Mean old highway

Stuck to the ground in Mississippi

It's the one'll set me free

It's the same one that I see Being ripped up off the ground

And wrapped around me

Don't let it fool you

This highway's mean Well, this highway's mean

Highway

Told you this highway's mean