Willi Carlisle - What the Rocks Don’t Know lyrics

Well after twenty-nine years, I can say
I never thought it'd turn out this way
I stumble and I stutter, stutter and I cry
Ain't gonna figure out a reason why
The song hurts my throat
The banjo cuts my side
Hear the road cryin' out
To the railroad ties
Road cryin' out to the railroad ties

That well love your light don't show
Down by the truckstop highway glow
Lord knows where I'll go
When the road cries out what
The rocks don't know
Road cries out what the rocks don't know
All my friends in Arkansas
All alone in Maine
Six, to, one, half dozen's the same
Back-Bay sailin' or the Great Divide
Mississippi deep, Rappahannok wide
Angels wings on a Wal-Mart sign
Angels wings on a Wal-Mart sign

And well love your light don't show
Down by the truckstop highway glow
Lord knows where I'll go
When the road cries out what
The rocks don't know
Road cries out what the rocks don't know

Kansas City rib shack baby you're mine
Gimmie the pig the cow and the swine
My weight is my love, my shimmy, my shine
Damn I found Jesus in a barbecue line
Damn I found Jesus in a barbecue line

And well love your light don't show
Down by the truckstop highway glow
Lord knows where I'll go
When the road cries out what
The rocks don't know
Road cries out what the rocks don't know

Well, I'd like to see the
World in livin' color
But one color's just the
Absence of the others
To get the whole spectrum
Of horror and elation
Call good time numbers at a Conoco Station
Good time numbers at a Conoco Station

And well love your light don't show
Down by the truckstop highway glow
Lord knows where I'll go
When the road cries out what
The rocks don't know
Road cries out what the rocks don't know