The Way Free

Kicking up the highway dust

with the wheel tight in my hand.

Glancing in the mirror at some pieces of the past

and I don't care if everyone is going the same way,

I might take a different turn

and go to a different place

and that's the way free feels to me.

I don't need those fancy cars you see on your TV.

If mine's a little rusty,

I don't owe anyone anything

and when I roll down the window

and the wind blows through my hair

I can hear that motor humming

"We could go almost anywhere"

and that's the way free feels to me.

Some drivers live for that fast lane,

passing everything is sight.

I'm not running in a race

though I might go fast sometimes

and I don't mind paying my taxes when I fill my tank

but if they jack that price too high

I'm going to tell them what I think

and that's the way free feels to me.

Rough cut video posted to YouTube 8/1/09. Click here to watch the video.