From the recording In Between The Painted Lines
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here I am masquerading as a truck-drivin’ man. Or is it yet another metaphor? We can over-think and plan ahead too far. Sometimes we just need to trust we’re headed in the right direction and stay the course.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I can’t imagine rocking out more than we did in this song. Even though I played many of instruments, the true driving forces in this amended version were Rob Bartley on the drums and The Nighthawks’ Paul Bell on electric guitar. (Surely you will note the nod to the Allman Brothers.)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">© 2002 Steven E. Cutts</span></span></em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;">a Studio C recording, May 2007 </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: small;"><strong>added to at Bias Studios Aug. 6 & 7, 2013</strong> (recorded and remixed by Jim Robeson)</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Steve, <em>vocal,</em> <em>acoustic & electric guitars, bass, </em>and<em> organ</em></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rob Bartley, <em>drums</em></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Paul Bell, <em>electric guitar (rhythm and lead)</em></span></span></li>
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Lyrics
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Let me tell ya, goin’ sixty miles an hour doesn’t</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">leave a man room to plan;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">I’m just steering after taillights that seem to be</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">goin’ my way the best that I can.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Goin’ too fast to read the road signs,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">I’m putting my faith in between the painted lines.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">When I was young, I rolled along following</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">my dreams.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Got a little older, I’d unfold the map and</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">figure out a scheme.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">But now I’ve given up having any plan in mind;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">I’ve put my faith in between the painted lines</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">I’ve stood along the sidelines, fault lines, front lines,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">borderlines, and starting lines.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Heard too many guidelines, deadlines, bottom lines,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">punch lines, and pick-up lines.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">So now the only lines I’m inclined to follow</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Are dotted white and double yellow.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Gonna sit back and let the road take me where it</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">wants to go;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">These lane markers keep me safe movin’</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">fast or slow;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">So, pull me ‘round the bends in time –</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Shoot me down the straightaways</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">In between the painted lines.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">I’ve marveled at the coastlines, timberlines, skylines,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">power lines, assembly lines.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Read too many headlines, bylines, timelines,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">bloodlines, and party lines.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">So now the only lines I’m inclined to follow</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Are dotted white and double yellow.</span></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;"> </span></span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">I don’t run on chance or grand designs;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Just keep myself in between the painted lines.</span></span></p>