Defender of the Interstate

Verse 1

Concrete

Grey ribbons winding through the stalks

Tire treads and heavy talks

I keep the peace

I watch the lane

I stand out in the pouring rain

Brown hat

Tilted low to hide my eyes

Watching for the heavy guys

Shift starts in Springfield

Ends in the dust

Keeping all the drivers just

Chorus

Silver star against the blue

I am watching over you

I am the wall

I am the law

Defender of the interstate

From Chicago to the gate

Down Route Sixty-Six we ride

Illinois is on my side

Post-Chorus

My land

My road

My land

My road

Verse 2

Radar

Piping hot inside the dash

Catching reckless ones who crash

Joliet

Bloomington

Peoria

The morning sun

Pen in hand

Carbon copies in a stack

Tell the truth or don't come back

One mile over

Two miles fast

Safety is the thing to last

Hard gravel

Crunching under polished boots

Deep within these prairie roots

Chorus

Silver star against the blue

I am watching over you

I am the wall

I am the law

Defender of the interstate

From Chicago to the gate

Down Route Sixty-Six we ride

Illinois is on my side

Post-Chorus

My land

My road

My land

My road

Bridge

Vandalia to Cairo

I see the corn grow

I see the trucks go

Watching the asphalt

Watching for any fault

Watching it all

Chorus

Silver star against the blue

I am watching over you

I am the wall

I am the law

Defender of the interstate

From Chicago to the gate

Down Route Sixty-Six we ride

Illinois is on my side

Outro

State Police

Keeping peace

On the Sixty-Six

In the land of Lincoln

Just keep thinking

I am there

Everywhere