It's gonna get hotter before it cools down Summer gets bad in a little southern town Folks get mad and lose their temper And it stays that way till the first of November Power blacks out and the town goes dark A man gets knifed for a cutting remark So if you feel like you're about to explode You can let it all out on Nowhere Road If I could be anywhere in the world right now I'd be on Nowhere Road No one could find me, no one would care But I'd be there, yes I'd be there Nowhere Road, you can hide your face Nowhere Road, where your secret is safe But if you wanna get lost so no one will know Then Nowhere Road's where you gotta go Twenty-two men, everyone of them armed Looking to find who was it torched that barn They don't call it revenge, just back porch justice And the women peak out to see what all the fuss is Got a suspect hanging from a lower branch Another face down in a muddy trench And the third shot dead in the cab of his Ford Parked due north of Nowhere Road If I could be anywhere in the world right now I'd be on Nowhere Road No one could find me, no one would care But I'd be there, yes I'd be there Nowhere Road, you can hide your face Nowhere Road, where your secret is safe But if you wanna get lost so no one will know Then Nowhere Road's where you gotta go Well the preacherman's daughter and the janitor's son Had a dangerous romance so they're on the run Sneeking around to keep it on the sly But her pappa found out and they were caught in her lie So they packed a little sack full of pictures and shirts Bid a hasty goodbye as much as it hurts No one saw them disappear 'cause they didn't leave a note But I thought I saw them running down Nowhere Road If I could be anywhere in the world right now I'd be on Nowhere Road No one could find me, no one would care But I'd be there, yes I'd be there Nowhere Road, you can hide your face Nowhere Road, where your secret is safe But if you wanna get lost so no one will know Then Nowhere Road's where you gotta go Nowhere Road, you can hide your face Nowhere Road, where your secret is safe But if you wanna get lost so no one will know Then Nowhere Road's where you gotta go Nowhere Road, Nowhere Road But if you wanna get lost so no one will know Then Nowhere Road's where you gotta go Nowhere Road, Nowhere Road Nowhere Road, Nowhere Road's where you gotta go