In my cowboy boots and my Livers Hair hanging down my back Driving that 53 Chevy Rolling down that mountain track Threw a couple back at the Stanley Drinking with a long lost friend Back in the car, spinning my wheels Cutting through the dusty wind I didn't see it coming, hell on wheels Carrying an heavy load Didn't see it coming, hell on wheels Nowhere to go The gravel and the grieve of my past Trailing in the rear view mirror The only house for 20 miles I was getting nearer and nearer Saw two little children sitting in the dirt Missed them by a mere few feet Their arms reaching out for daddy That nightmare still plays in my sleep I didn't see it coming, hell on wheels Carrying an heavy load I didn't see it coming, hell on wheels Nowhere to go Out of the house he came yelling "I'm calling the cops on you" Waving his fists, while I gunned that car Down the road and breaking through I pray for those children every day Innocent babies they were If I was going just a little faster We would have been gone for sure You never see it coming, hell on wheels You always think you're in control Someday you'll realize you're hell on wheels And know you have to go slow I didn't see it coming, hell on wheels Carrying an heavy load Didn't see it coming, hell on wheels Nowhere to go Nowhere to go Nowhere to go Nowhere to go