Now, boys, don't start your ramblin' round
"Just another guy on the lost highway"
When I pass by, all the people say
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound
And now I'm lost, too late to pray
And a woman's lies make a life like mine
I started rollin' down that lost highway
Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
Oh, the day we met, I went astray
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
I was just a lad, nearly twenty-two
Lord, I've paid the cost on the lost highway