Desperation Road Lyrics - Michael Martin Murphey

Driving West out on I-40 

On my way to taste some California wine 

A broke down family flagged me down 

Near the Arizona line 

Their whole world was in a pickup 

I guess it couldn't pull the load 

It was just our vacation 

But to them it was desperation road 

The lines on their faces 

Told the story of the places that they'd been 

Now their home is a highway 

That never seems to end 

Empty dreams and empty pockets 

Sure can make a heavy load 

To some of us it's just a highway 

But to others it's desperation road 

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Their eyes had a sadness 

From another place in time 

A silent reminder that the grapes of wrath 

Still make bitter wine 

And it sure makes you wonder 

'Bout all the seeds our country sows 

Which of us will be the next 

To travel down desperation road 

I helped them start their pickup 

And watched them as they faded out of sight 

Guess the last thing I remember 

Is the faces of the children in my lights 

That night in a motel room 

I have a dream that made my blood run cold 

I saw my own wife and family 

Standing out on desperation road 

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And their eyes had a sadness 

From another place in time 

A silent reminder that the grapes of wrath 

Still make bitter wine 

And it sure makes you wonder 

'Bout all the seeds our country sows 

Which of us will be the next 

To travel down desperation road 

Could be your own wife and family 

Standing out on desperation road