STEVE EARLE lyrics - State Trooper

(Bruce Springsteen)



New Jersey Turnpike

Cruisin' on a wet night

Beneath the refinery's glow

Out where the knee black water flow

License, registration

I ain't got none

But I got a clear conscience

About the things that I done

Mister state trooper

Please don't you stop me

Please don't you stop me

Please don't you stop me



Maybe you got a kid

Maybe you got a pretty wife

Well, the only thing that I got

Has been botherin' me my whole life

Mister state trooper

Please don't you stop me

Please don't you stop me

Please don't you stop me



Now in the wee wee hours

Your mind gets hazy

Well, relay towers

Want to lead me to my baby

Now the radio is jammed up

With those talk show stations

It's just talk talk talk

'Till you're losin' your patience

Mister state trooper

Please don't you stop me

Please don't you stop me

Please don't you stop me



Is there anybody out there?

Listen to my last prayer

Hi ho silver-o

Deliver me from nowhere