| Bbm | |
| My life's a prison |
| Gets me down |
| Db | |
| I've spent a | lifetime in this sleepy old town |
| Ebm | |
| I need a | straightaway |
| Bbm | |
| So I can get up some | speed |
| Bbm | |
| If dreams were money |
| I'd have it made |
| Db | |
| Cause I've had a | thousand dreams watch them all fade |
| Ebm | |
| I need a | straightaway |
| Bbm | |
| So I can get up some | speed |
| Db | Ab | |
| I have the | same old dream each and | every night |
| Ebm | Bbm | |
| I'm on a | jet black highway without a | curve in sight |
| Db | Ab | |
| Take that dream and | hold on tight |
| Ebm | |
| You know I | gotta get away |
| Gb | Bbm | Gb | Ab | |
| I need a | straight | away |
| Bbm | Gb | Ab | |
| I need a | straight | away |
| Bbm | Gb | Ab | |
| I need a | straight | away |
| Gb | |
| I need a | straightaway |
| Bbm | |
| Yes I | do |
| Bbm | |
| I'm like a tiger |
| Pace my cage |
| Db | |
| Working | forty hour weeks for no wage |
| Ebm | |
| I need a straigh | taway |
| Bbm | |
| So I can get up some | speed |
| My life's a prison |
| Gets me down |
| Db | |
| I've spent a | lifetime in this sleepy old town |
| Ebm | |
| I need a | straightaway |
| Bbm | |
| So I can get up some | speed |
| Db | Ab | |
| I have the | same old dream each and | every night |
| Ebm | Bbm | |
| I'm on a | jet black highway without a | curve in sight |
| Db | Ab | |
| Take that dream and | hold on tight |
| Ebm | |
| You know I | gotta get away |
| Gb | Bbm | Gb | Ab | |
| I need a | straight | away |
| Bbm | Gb | Ab | |
| I need a | straight | away |
| Bbm | Gb | Ab | |
| I need a | straight | away |
| Gb | |
| I need a | straightaway |
| Bbm | |
| Yes I | do |
| From Devon Square "Bye Bye Route 66" |
| Atlantic Records 1991 |
| Hit List Music(ASCAP) |
| Devonsquare Publishing(ASCAP) |
| MDL Publishing(BMI) |
| Venutian Publishing Ltd.(ASCAP) |