Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lyrics
Artist: Lucinda Williams
Album: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998)
Songwriter: Lucinda Williams
Total Time: 4:44
Structure: V | V | CH – 5X!
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
VERSE
Sittin’ in the kitchen, a house in Macon, [A]
Loretta’s singing on the radio. [B]
Smell of coffee, eggs and bacon, [A]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
VERSE
Pull the curtains back and look outside – [C]
Somebody somewhere I don’t know. [B]
“Come on now child, we’re gonna go for a ride,” [C]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
CHORUS
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
VERSE
Can’t find a damn thing in this place. [D]
Nothing’s where I left it before. [B]
Set of keys and a dusty suitcase. [D]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
VERSE
There goes the screen door slamming shut. [E]
You better do what you’re told: [B]
“When I get back this room better be picked-up.” [E]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
CHORUS
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
VERSE
Low hum of voices in the front seat – [F]
Stories nobody knows. [B]
Got folks in Jackson we’re going to meet. [F]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
VERSE
Cotton fields stretching miles and miles – [G]
Hank’s voice on the radio. [B]
Telephone poles trees and wires fly on by. [G]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
CHORUS
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
VERSE
Broken down shacks engine parts, [H]
Could tell a lie but my heart would know. [B]
Listen to the dogs barkin’ in the yard. [H]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
VERSE
Child in the backseat ’bout four or five years – [I]
Lookin’ out the window. [B]
Little bit of dirt mixed with tears. [I]
Car wheels on a gravel road. [B]
CHORUS
Car wheels on a gravel road [B]
Car wheels on a gravel road [B]
Car wheels on a gravel road [B]
Car wheels on a gravel road [B]
© 1998 Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
POV | Perspective: 1st Person | Internal
BPM: 100
Times Title In Song: 18
—– WORD COUNTS —–
Total Word Count: 273
1 Syllable Words: 202 (74%)
3+ Syllable Words: 9 (3%)
: 52 (19%)Words 7+ Characters: 18 (7%)
Words <=3 Characters: 115 (42%)
Words Appearing Only Once: 129 (47%)
—– EASY TO UNDERSTAND? —–
Reading Ease Score: 89.9
Reading Level: 6th Grade
—– WHAT MAKES THE SONG WORK SO WELL? —–
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