Dark Highway 1969

Verse 1

Rain came down on county nine

No backup on the radio line

Just me and a man with a loaded gun

Two miles out where the blacktop runs

Pre-Chorus

Then the sky went black as coal

Something cold crawled through my soul

Headlights rolled out of the storm

Chorus

A '69 cruiser slid out of the rain

Old badge shining like a ghost of a flame

He said son what's the trouble tonight

I said I need help before this goes bad

He said I'll ride with you one more time

Verse 2

We cornered him down by the river bend

The old man moved like he'd done it again

Cuffs clicked shut and I turned to thank him

Nothing but rain where the road went dim

Pre-Chorus

Gone like a flash in the dark

Then the sun broke over the park

Just me standing there soaked to the bone

Chorus

A '69 cruiser slid out of the rain

Old badge shining like a ghost of a flame

He said son what's the trouble tonight

I said I need help before this goes bad

He said I'll ride with you one more time

Bridge

Boss laid a paper on my desk

Said that name's been dead since sixty-nine

Buried out on that dark highway

Still clocking in every night

Chorus

A '69 cruiser slid out of the rain

Old badge shining like a ghost of a flame

He said son what's the trouble tonight

I said I need help before this goes bad

He said I'll ride with you one more time

Outro

I didn't believe it till that night

Now I carry that badge with pride

Somewhere out on that dark highway

He's still rolling

Still rolling

Still rolling