Back in 1958 we drove an old V8 and when it'd gone a hundred thou' we got out and pushed it a mile We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road Headin' down from Canada on a gravel road a mile from Montana Then my Daddy read a sign and took us in the wrong direction I asked my Daddy where are we goin', he said we'll just follow Our nose, so I looked out the window and dreamed I was a cowboy We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road I met a girl in a truck cafe, fell in love almost right away
Then the Mercury was ready to go and I had to leave her Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-Sh-doo Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-Sh-doo-Sh-doo Go home said the man in the moon go home Go home said the man in the moon go home Because it's gettin'sorta late and I'll soon turn out my light Go home said the man in the moon Go home We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just a ridin' on We were just a ridin' on the road