We've got Kansas City steel
The rubber's rotting at both wheels
But it fires fine
Down that wire line
Trip down Highway 55
Pass towns
Making little green signs
It'll take you down
To Chicago town
And I say
Lie down my rose
That's how the story goes
Wish I could see it through
I gotta take it back
Take it back
Lightnin' strikes a million times
Thunder I can hear your evil whine
And my smoke it shakes
It's only dust in our wake
Never find your way back home
It's tougher out there than you have ever known
St Louis could take you in
But you've been through the gateway of sin
And I say
Lie down my rose
That's how the story goes
Wish I could see it through
I gotta take it back
Take it back