We were somewhere east of Hattiesburg On a lonely stretch of nightmare Gas gauge screaming empty, headlights in a fog Two refugees from Greenville in line to wind up roadkill With a parakeet named Chester and a one-eyed spotted dog We'd been plowing through each day like so much Mississippi red dirt Burning with no purpose save get out while we still can Hell bent past the point of no return and going nowhere With the best of good intentions, one more line drawn in the sand Taking flight, forget about tomorrow Wrong or right, the chips are gonna fall Taking flight, going nowhere 'til we get there Next time Hell starts freezing over, we'll be sure to give a call So we got our education from a backwoods country station Proof that there's a world out there came wrapped up in a song Riding high on one wing and a foxhole prayer might get you there But ten won't get you twenty if you bet your money wrong I never was the smartest, but I didn't try to hide it But that don't mean you get off light for leaving me alone We were twenty feet from stardom, now you're staring down post-partum An unwed mother soon to be that small voice on your phone Taking flight, forget about tomorrow Wrong or right, the chips are gonna fall Taking flight, going nowhere 'til we get there Next time Hell starts freezing over, we'll be sure to give a call Next time Hell starts freezing over do be sure to give a call Be sure to give a call Taking flight, forget about tomorrow Wrong or right, any somewhere says it all Taking flight, going nowhere 'til you get there Next time Hell starts freezing over be sure to give a call Next time Hell starts freezing over do be sure to give a call