I Missed My Exit

[couchgrouch]

I Missed My ExitI was toolin' down the interstatecalled her and said I wouldn't be lateand we needed to have us a talkwell the miles were passin' slowso I turned on my radioand found a station that rolled out classic rockI was slappin' the dash in my ol' Chevroletcrankin' Ted Nugent and Foghat all the wayand I missed my exitand was almost lostI shoulda been watchin'cos I wanted to get offlivin' it up and ignorin' signsleft me driftin' too far down the linecos I missed my exitshoulda broke up on our second datebut girls make it so I can't see staightcos love is blind and lust is blondeshowed up late at her housesittin' close there on her couch'fore I knew it we were too far goneher purty yellow hair had a brand new permand led me passed the point of no returnand I missed my exitand was all but lostI shoulda been watchin'but I wanted to get offlivin' it up and ignorin' signsleft me driftin' too far down the linecos I missed my exitwe'd gone to her folks for hash n gizzardsdown the road maybe three or four monthsand I turned green as the Geico lizardwhen her dad began to call me "son"yeah, I missed my exitand was almost lostI shoulda been watchin'cos I wanted to get offlivin' it up and ignorin' signsleft me driftin' too far down the linecos I missed my exit(c)2006 Robert George