Tarkio Road

Movin' on down the Tarkio Road

Headed up to Crete, Nebraska

Trying my best to set the highway on fire

But my bicycle won't go no faster

Tarkio Road is a mother

It's just like oh so many others

Well, the children reject you

And the police inspect you

Looking inside the trunk

Under the hood, hoping to find

The secret places where you

Always keep your mind

Whoa-oh-no, Tarkio Road

Abbie and Rubin lyin' in jail

Learning about the price of bein' free

Trying to live the Constitutional life

And being held back by hypocrisy

Carry the load, my brother

You're just like oh so many others

Ooh, the children reject it

And the police inspect it

You're tied to the chair

Better cool it, bound and gagged

Is that the ways on the American flag

Whoa-oh-no, carry the load

I'm singing Tarkio, Tarkio Road

Tarkio, Tarkio Road

Tarkio, Tarkio Road

Tarkio, Tarkio Road

If you're looking for some trouble

You can find it on the Tarkio Road

Twenty-four hours of barbed wire fence

Fifty-five years of pollution

Everyone knows how the puzzle was laid

But can anyone recall the solution

Tarkio Road is a mother

It's just like oh so many others

Where the people infect you

But they never elect you

No reason of cause that you may have perfectly sound

The blind looker's gonna try and cut it down

Whoa-oh-no, Tarkio Road

I'm singing again

Tarkio, Tarkio Road

Tarkio, Tarkio Road

Tarkio, Tarkio Road

Tarkio, Tarkio Road

If you're looking for some trouble

You can find it on the Tarkio Road