There's a truck turned over on the highway

Flares burning out of the snow

Freezing rain in the passing lane

I got forty five miles to go



Forty five miles

Forty five miles

Man that's gonna take all night

I should have known right away that something was wrong

When I started thinking things were all right

Things were not all right



My old man's sick, my sister's going broke

They're closing down my favorite bar

I got a smoker's cough and now to top it all off

I think I'm gonna wreck my car

I'm gonna wreck my car



They say life goes in stages like seasons

I say something about all of them sucks

It's as hard to be hot as it is to be cold

You're either out of control or you're stuck

You're either out of control

Or you're stuck



So take whatever road that you want to

Careful of the ice and the snow

I ain't got time to change my mind

I got forty five miles to go

Forty five miles

Forty five miles

Man that's gonna take all night

I should have known right away that something was wrong

when I started thinking things were all right

Things are not all right