Take the highway Lord knows I've been gone too long Lot of sad days, yeah One day you'll turn around And I'll be gone And the time'll finally come For me to pack my bags and walk away Hear me say I'll be back someday But darlin' please don't Wait for me too long There's just one place I can't stay Memories of your love still lingers on And the time has finally come For me to pack my bags and walk away Hear me say I'll be back someday But darlin' please don't Wait for me too long There's just one place I can't stay Memories of your love still linger on And the time has finally come For me to pack my bags and walk away Hear me say Take the highway Take the highway Take the highway Take the highway, oh yeah And the time has finally come For me to pack my bags and walk away Hear me say

You don't need no love-in You don't need no bed pan You don't need a horoscope or a microscope To see the mess that you're in If you open up your heart You'll see what I mean We've been polluted so long Now here's a way for you to get clean By chanting the names of the Lord and you'll be free The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see Chanting the names of the Lord and you'll be free The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see You don't need no passport And you don't need no visas You don't need to designate or to emigrate Before you can see Jesus If you open up your heart You'll see he's right there Always was and will be He'll relieve you of your cares By chanting the names of the Lord and you'll be free The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see Chanting the names of the Lord and you'll be free The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see You don't need no church house And you don't need no temple You don't need no rosary beads or them books to read To see that you have fallen If you open up your heart You'll see what I mean We've been kept down so long Someone's thinking that we're all green While the Pope owns fifty-one percent of General Motors And the stock exchange is the only thing he's qualified to quote us The Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see By chanting the names of the Lord and you'll be free