There's a sad young wife, never had a life Her mother said she'd marry young Her husband's a fool, never listened to All the things she's never done So she packs up that old Ford Fairlane She's had about all she can bear A suitcase, a hope and a heartbreak She's gonna find it all somewhere On the road where the night is black On the road where you don't look back There's a white line in the distance Where it's going nobody knows If it's anywhere you'll find it On the road There's a teenage kid, no matter what he did Nobody ever understands And he don't measure up and he's had enough Can't be his daddy's little man So he pulls out that hot rod set Puts in his favorite cassette He ain't going to no college The world is waiting up ahead On the road where the night is black On the road where you don't look back There's a white line in the distance Where it's going nobody knows If it's anywhere you'll find it On the road Eddie and Jill got time to kill The kids ain't ever come around And a gold-plated watch was all he got When the company shut his life down So he takes out that old airstrip They don't know where they're bound Sixty-five years and still searching For something that they never found On the road where the night is black On the road where you don't look back There's a white line in the distance Where it's going nobody knows If it's anywhere you'll find it On the road On the road On the road