Weather advisory, one for the diaries
Windy and cold so stay off the road
Its bitter outside your windows
Stack your blankets, light your candles
There isnt a phone booth, and aint it the cold truth
Its a lonely old highway, just me and the plows
Making the most of their payday
Laying salt in the wounds of the roadways
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For your bed Ill beat the cold,
With a blizzard in my headlights, or an avalanche in the road
Snow blinds every road sign,
So Im counting the miles as Im going
Theres a shroud of black ice forming
The radio sends out ample warning...
Up on the next hill, a trailer truck load spilled it spun in a jacknife, and now its a still life
Framed by the flares and the cruisers, orange coats and one sore loser...
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In hindsight, its been a long night
And where I was was not so cold
Another sound bite off the dash lights
Its more than a foot or so theyre told
Two hundred miles to chicago, my eyes froze to the road
Mesmerized as the windshield collides with the snow...
Weather advisory, one for the diaries
Windy and cold so stay off the road