There's an eight lane highway out in L.A.   Headed nowhere   Every day is a rat race, they're fighting for first place   It's like a nightmare      It's a life of mass confusion, it's a heavy load   I'm ready to trade the fast lane for a country road      There's a New York skyline but there's no sunshine   Down on Broadway   Watching the stocks rise keeps them paralyzed   Up on park place      It's a 5th Avenue elusion digging for the gold   I'm ready to trade the fast lane for a country road      I'm gonna take a turn for the better   It's been a long hard ride   This can't go on forever   I need a Sunday drive      Let me get behind the wheel before I lose control   And trade this fast lane for a country road      There's a desert sunset I haven't seen yet   Just out of Tuscon   Down in hot springs Arkansas, you can get an overhaul   I sure could use one      I'm gonna rise above the madness then I'll be laying low   I'm ready to trade the fast lane for a country road      I'm gonna take a turn for the better   It's been a long hard ride   This can't go on forever   I need a Sunday drive      And let me get behind the wheel before I lose control   And trade this fast lane for a country road      Come on, get out of the fast lane, get on a country road   No more fast lanes, get me a country road   (Get out of the fast lane, get on a country road   Get out of the fast lane, get on a country road, get out of the fast lane)