August 27th
“The Highway to Nowhere”
I’m on a highway to nowhere
Sometimes don’t even know where I’m coming from
Sometimes I don’t even care
Because I know where I’m at
And that is all I need
To curb my inner fears
You got to run your own race
You’re not in competition with anyone
So set you own pace
There’s miles to go before it’s over
So just relax
And along the way have some fun
Back on the highway to nowhere
And all the cars go flying by
I’m tempted to try to pick up the pace
But then I let it slide
I’m just trying to stay within myself
I’m not reaching for the sky
The highway to nowhere
Where does it begin
Where does it end
How many of us know where we are going
How many of us know where we’ve been
I’ve been on the highway to nowhere
Too many times in my life
I’ll be on the highway to nowhere
Probably too many times again
But right now I’m in the pits
Charting a highway to somewhere
So I know where I’m at
And that’s all I need
To curb my inner fears
You got to run your own race
You got to set you own pace
You’re not in competition with anyone
You’re only goal should be to get there
And along the way have some fun
Standing in the pits and looking out on to the highway to
nowhere
All the people flying by
Thinking they’re getting ahead
But they keep going around in circles
Over and over and over again
Wonder if they know where they began
Wonder if they know they’ll never reach the end
Back on the highway to nowhere
But I think I’m going somewhere
Because I’m running my own race
I’m setting my own
pace
Some people keep passing me over and over again
But they keep winding up behind me
They don’t even know where they’ve been
That’s the way it is
On the highway to nowhere
5/27/1981
Robert P. Wallman
