Verse 1 Sittin in six lane backed up traffic Horns a honkin, I've about had it I'm lookin for an exit sign Gotta get outta here, get it all off my mind And like a memory from your grandpa's attic A song comes slippin through the radio static Changin my mood A little George Strait 1982 And it makes me wanna take a back road Makes me wanna take the long way home Put a little gravel in my travel Unwind, unravel all night long Makes me wanna grab my honey Tear down some two lane country Who knows Get lost and get right with my soul Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road Verse 2 I've been cooped up, tied down 'Bout forgotten what a field looks like full of corn and cotton If I'm gonna hit a traffic jam Well it better be a tractor man So sick and tired of this interstate system I need the curvin, windin, twistin dusty path to nowhere With the wind blowin through my baby's hair And it makes me wanna take a back road Makes me wanna take the long way home Put a little gravel in my travel Unwind, unravel all night long Makes me wanna grab my honey Tear down some two lane country Who knows Get lost and get right with my soul Makes me wanna take, makes me wanna take a back road