Hitting the Road- Inspired by the film Thelma and Louise, in the shot of them driving off the cliff! In this song the singer is driving away in his/her old car and leaving the “glory” of the popular life behind them for a fresh start on life. This song needs an instrumentalist. Please contact me if interested. (See home page for link)

 

Hitting the Road

I had it all once, but I couldn’t keep it together

Couldn’t keep up the act

I tried not to react

Surrounded by plastic smiles

The truth in my mouth tasted like bile

 

I tried, through days and weeks of sunshine and cloudy weather

To show I was strong

That I truly did below

I really tried to fit in

Even choked back that horrid gin

 

I go round and round, and up and down

Driving on the streets in this dam town

Trying to find my self

Trying to avoid fame

Trying to outrun the feeling of never-ending shame

 

I was a lost girl in that world, I never did belong

Stranger all along

Laughed at their stories and jokes

Couldn’t keep up that disguise

Eventually they had to realize

 

When I finally fell out, with the lightness of a brick

Laughs at who I was

My name caught up in the buzz

My image snapped like a stick

I was no longer an A-list pick

 

I go round and round, and up and down

Driving on the streets in this dam town

Trying to find my self

Trying to avoid fame

Trying to outrun the feeling of never-ending shame

 

No more tabloids shots and white lies, no more need for disguise

I’m hitting the road

I’m going, no need to goad

Seeking a place to be free

Just this broken down Buick and me

 

Somewhere has to be a place I can begin to restart

A genuine part

Pushing pedal to the floor

I could be myself again

Feel my feelings and act without shame

 

I go round and round, and up and down

Driving on the streets in this dam town

Trying to find my self

Trying to clear my name

Trying to outrun these feelings of self-blame