Exit 42

I keep missing Exit 42

Moved to the city for a job in a tower
Coffee costs eight dollars and the trains run by the hour
Every weekend Mama calls and asks "When you coming back"
I say "Soon," then I take another track
Every holiday I drive the interstate
Every holiday I'm just a little late
There's a water tower with our name on it in blue
And a boy I used to love named Luke

And the sign says "Welcome Home"
And the sign says "Next Right"
And I keep my foot on the gas
Every single night

I keep missing Exit 42
Drive right past the road to you
Tell myself I'll turn next time
I keep missing Exit 42

Exit 42
(Turn around)
Exit 42

He married Becky from the Methodist church
Got a baby on the way and a job at the plant
Mama says he asks about me every now and then
I say "Tell him hi," like we're old friends
Maybe that's the reason that I never take the ramp
Maybe that's the reason that I'm scared of the damp
Fields and the fireflies and the Friday lights
Everything I left on a July night

And the sign says "Welcome Home"
And the sign says "Next Right"
And I keep my foot on the gas
Every single night

I keep missing Exit 42
Drive right past the road to you
Tell myself I'll turn next time
I keep missing Exit 42

Blinker on
Blinker off
Blinker on
Blinker off
One of these days
I'll turn

I keep missing Exit 42
Drive right past the road to you
Tell myself I'll turn next time
I keep missing Exit 42

Exit 42
Exit 42
Turn around
Exit 42
Turn around