Take Exit 97 Songtext
von Wayne Kramer

Take exit 97
And drive towards the sun
Oil rigs and cactus flowers
Sidewinders make the run
See the mountains to the north of you
By the middle of the day

Disenfranchised gas station
With lizards on display
Take exit 97
To where the hills have eyes
And tattered desperados
Seek no compromise
A western movie hanging tree
And hearts that turn to stone
In the crapshoot of insanity
You know the winner stands alone


And now you′re close
You're almost there
You′re getting oh so near
Now you're close
You're almost there
The place beyond no fear

Take exit 97

The air will smell like lead
Buildings burnt and skeletal
Windows blind and dead
The denizens profession
So painfully defined
The scattered grievous angels
With the dropping of a dime
Take exit 97

Along the bootheel route
Where morality′s a razor′s edge
But truth is absolute
The steering wheel's too hot to touch
And you ain′t got far to go
To the cold fear of destiny
In the valley far below


And now you're close
You′re almost there
You're getting oh so near
Now you′re close
You're almost there
To the place, yeah, to the place
Beyond no fear

Take exit 97
Exit 97