Hello highway, take me home to Lafayette
I gotta get away, let s just leave it at that
It s safe to say that I m on the way, that I ll never find you now
For the wrong that I done, the wrongs that I done

Goodbye penitentiary, with all due respect to your authority
But they shoulda though twice before putting me in minimum security
It s safe to say that I m getting away, they ll never catch me now
For the wrongs that I done

Hello countryside, your scenery is so wide and so vast
But I can t appreciate you much, you know, I ve been driving much too fast
It s safe to say the end is on its way, I can see them coming now
For the wrong that I done, the wrongs that I done