Part 1:
Dm
Stood still on a highway
A
I saw a woman
Dm
By the side of the road
With a face that I knew like my own
A
Reflected in my window
Dm
Well she walked up to my quarterlight
G
And she bent down real slow
Dm A
D fearful pressure paralysed me
Dm
In my shadow
A Dm
She said "Son, what are you doing here?
A
My fear for you has turned me in my grave"
Dm
I said "Mama, I come to the valley of the rich
G
Myself to sell"
Dm A Dm
She said "Son, this is the road to Hell"
Dm
On your journey 'cross the wilderness
G
From the desert to the well
Dm A Dm
You have strayed upon the motorway to Hell
Part 2
Dm
Well I'm standing by the river,
G
But the water doesn't flow.
A# A
It boils with every poison -
Dm
You can think of.
Dm
And I'm underneath the street light,
Gm
The delighted of joy I know,
A# A
Scared beyond belief,
Dm
Way down in the shadows.
F
And the perverted fear of violence,
C
Chokes a smile on every face,
A# A
D common sense is ringing, out the bells.
Dm Gm
This ain't no technological breakdown,
A# A Dm
Oh-no, this is the road to hell.
F
And as the roads jam up with credit,
C
And there's nothing you can do,
A#
It's all just bits of paper,
A
Flying a way from you.
Dm
Oh look out world take a good look,
G
Look who's down there,
A# (E) Dm
You must learn this lesson fast, and learn it well.
Dm G
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway,
A# A
Oh-no, this is the road,
A
This is the road,
A Dm
This is the road ... to hell.