A Kenworth with Ohio plates nailed a deer last night
The crows are crowded round the carcass
Fighting for a bite
Everyone is playing this no-win rat race game
No matter where I’ve traveled to
It’s always been the same

A thousand miles away and there’s sulfur in the air
It smells just like New Jersey but I’m so far from there
I never thought I’d miss her how was I to know
If I see one more cowboy hat I think I’ll lose my load

I’m going back to New Jersey back where I call home
As soon as I hit the turn-around that’s where I’ll be bound
I’m going back to my Garden State
That’s where I wanna be
Take it easy Texas see you later Tennessee

A man’s jogging down the highway it doesn’t look like fun
I wonder where’s he’s running to
Or what he’s running from
Some people run their whole damn life
And never get away
Some people sit in silence and don’t have much to say

I thought about settling but the feeling never stuck
Now I’m rolling down I-10 in this beat up pick-up truck
Past the city lights of Houston
And the one horse prairie towns
Past the cattle fields and highway signs
And the crosses in the ground

I’m going back to New Jersey back where I call home
As soon as I hit the turn-around that’s where I’ll be bound
I’m going back to my Garden state
That’s where I wanna be
Take it easy Texas see you later Tennessee

Lately I’ve been thinking more ‘bout life and death
That’s why I left the state
Where you have to hold your breath
But the grass is always greener
When the hills are far away
Now I’m heading back to Jersey that’s all I’m gonna say

I’m going back to New Jersey back where I call home
As soon as I hit the turn-around that’s where I’ll be bound
I’m going back to my Garden State
God knows I paid my dues
I’m going back to New Jersey I hope you come back too

I’m going back to New Jersey back where I call home
As soon as I hit the turn-around that’s where I’ll be bound
I’m going back to my Garden State
That’s where I wanna be
Take it easy Texas see you later Tennessee