Song Description

The lonely hell of the daily commute.

Lyrics

Out on the highway and the rain's pouring down
Caught in slow traffic on the way out of town
Windshield wipers flapping back and forth back and forth
The rain comes down like a river but it rolls right off
It's such a lonely drive on such a wet afternoon
Wishing you were with, wishing I could get home soon
Driving all alone on this wet slick road
Driving along slowly as the time just erodes

Now out on the highway there's many a man
Who's lost his soul in traffic jam
Trapped like a rat in this slow hard grind
No way to relax, no way to unwind
It's such a lonely drive on such a wet afternoon
Trapped like a butterfly in a steel cocoon
Driving all alone on this heart attack road
Driving along slowly as nerves just corrode

Now the radio used to be such a reliable friend
But now its just bad music and talk show crap without end
All sound and fury signifying nothing at all
Just obnoxious hosts and imbeciles who call
They have nothing else to do on such a wet afternoon
But rant and rave and denounce and fume
Everyone's angry, there's rage on the road
Everyone's angry, they all need to unload

And now the cars are all stopped there's a red brake light glare
There's a guy with a flat tire and he hasn't got a spare
He's out there losing his mind, as the car horns all blare
The rain soaks him to bone, but the other drivers don't care
Because it's such a lonely drive on such a wet afternoon
I feel like a werewolf howling at the moon
Driving all alone on this wet slick road
Driving all alone carrying such a burdensome load.