Road Block

from Stompin' Grounds by Bill Carter

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ROADBLOCK

drivin' cross texas fast as i can but there's a roadblock waiting with a police man
check my license, check my plates, say my registration is a year out of date
baby's at the border, but every time i go there's a roadblock up ahead blocking
the road

when they see me coming their fingers itch, here he come again hoodlum sonofobitch
booked me on suspicion of being to free, towed away my car, threw away the key
i got another wheel but wouldn't you know, there's a roadblock up ahead blocking the
road

well my little border baby is a waitin' for me, she's a rich man's prayer, a poor boy's
dream, hold on honey my love is true, gonna find a way to break on through

i drive and i drive but they keep turning me back, i drove an old studebaker, a new
pontiac, even hid inside a stinkin' tater sack, in the bed of a truck when the night was
black they smelled me comin', checked that load at the roadblock blockin' the road

well i've had my fill of driving, know what i'll do, hop a tornado, ride it to you
they'll never think of looking for me up in the air, cops will hear me howling when i blow
through there i'll make them eat my dust down below at the roadblock blocking the road

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from Stompin' Grounds, released January 1, 1985

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"Bill Carter has an audacious knack for a roadhouse hook and a wicked tongue for lyrics, making music that is at once powerful, sly, intelligent and rocking. Carter is one of the most successful, if not the best singer-songwriter in Austin." Margaret Moser - Austin Chronicle ... more

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