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Movin' on 
down the Tarkio RoadHeaded up to Crete Nebraska
 Trying my best to set the highway on fire
 But my bicycle won't go no faster
 
 
Tarkio 
Road is a motherIt's just like oh so many others
 Where the children reject you
 And the police inspect you
 Looking inside the trunk under the hood hopin' to find
 The secret places where you always keep your mind
 Wo–o-no Tarkio Road
   
Abbie and 
Rubin lyin’ in jailLearning about the price of bein’ free
 Trying to live the constitutional life
 And being held back by hypocrisy
 Carry the load my brother
 You're just like oh so many others
 Who the children rejected
 And the police inspected
 You’re tied to the chair manacled bound and gagged
 Is that your face on the American flag
 Wo-o-no carry the load
   
I'm 
singing Tarkio, Tarkio RoadTarkio, Tarkio Road
 Tarkio, Tarkio Road
 Tarkio, Tarkio Road
 If your looking for some trouble
 You can find it on the Tarkio Road
 
  
Twenty-four hours of barbed wire fenceFifty-five years of pollution
 Everyone knows how the puzzle was laid
 But can anyone recall the solution
 Tarkio Road is a mother
 It's just like oh so many others
 Where the people infect you
 But they never elect you
 No reason or cause that you may have perfectly sound
 The blind looker’s gonna try and cut it down
 
But it 
ends where there’s peace for one and all 
Wo-o-no Tarkio Road 
  
I'm 
singing again, Tarkio,Tarkio RoadTarkio, Tarkio Road
 Tarkio, Tarkio Road
 Tarkio, Tarkio Road
 If your looking for some trouble
 You can find it on the Tarkio Road
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