well it's been a long time coming   looking for the neon glow   been up and down the mountain   wondering where the hell to go   and I been along every dirt road   looking for the yellow haze   but I can't see it anywhere   to candlelight my way      I said mister can you help me   can you possibly explain   why the rooster on your chimney's   pointing north the other way   he said you ain't from around here   are you boys and I said no   just keep on heading that away   you ain't got far to go      don't stop the car   no through road   don't stop the car   no through road      we're forty odd miles from nowhere   and I don't know how to say   that we're all heading back   along the road from where we came   forty odd miles from nowhere and    the needle's in the low   Pete said how far now   I said we ain't got far to go      don't stop the car   no through road   don't stop the car   no through road