--words and music by Michael Stanley
from "American Road", 2005, LineLevel Music
The police report spoke of whiskey and pills A good time to head for the hills So with a cocktail waitress from over the line He packed up and made a little time Headlights cut through the Cumberland Gap Rain come down like a heart attack She said, too late now we can't turn back so Turn up the radio... (chorus) He said, Hang on lover, hang on here we go Oh jump back Kerouac He's going after what he's owed 'Cause his old man told him It ain't what but who you know Just one more dreamer out on the American Road... Yeah those green and white signs Can make you blind And the highway it plays tricks with your mind Kansas, Nebraska, all the same Through a couple of more Can't remember the names Colorado looking mighty good Roll through Vegas into Hollywood See the bright lights hear the silver screams Of the ways and means... (chorus) He said, Hang on lover, hang on here we go Oh jump back Kerouac He's going after what he's owed Like his old man told him It ain't what but who you know Ah one more pilgrim out on the American Road... (chorus) He said, Hang on lover, hang on here we go Oh jump back Kerouac He's going after what he's owed 'Cause his old man told him It ain't what but who you know One more dreamer out on the American Road... (chorus) He said, Hang on lover, hang on here we go Oh jump back Kerouac He's going after what he's owed Like his old man told him It ain't what but who you know Just one more story out on the American Road... Out on the American Road... to fade