New Jersey Turnpike, ridin' on a wet night
'neath the refin'ry's glow out where the great
black rivers flow
License, registration: I ain't got none
But I got a clear conscience 'bout the things
that I done
Mister state trooper, please don't stop me
Please don't stop me, please don't stop me
Maybe you got a kid, maybe you got a pretty wife
The only thing that I got's been botherin'
me my whole life
Mister State Trooper, please don't stop me
Please don't stop me, please don't stop me
In the wee, wee hours, your mind gets hazy
Radio relay towers gonna lead me to my baby
Radio's jammed up with talk show stations
It's just talk, talk, talk, talk till you
lose your patience
Mister State Trooper, please don't stop me
Hey, somebody out there, listen to my last prayer
Hi ho silver-o, deliver me from nowhere
Hi ho