Heart Of California Lyrics - Terry Allen

Runnin hard an runnin mean 

Down the ... San Joaquin 

Diamond Reo with Your Crazy rollin wheels 

There a moon shinin bright 

Like a big eye in the night 

Yeah throw her light down on that road to 

Bakersfield 

Yeah the heart of California 

Haulin ... hard times again 

And the highway ... she does not make amends 

That diesel's got to howl 

But the devil's on the prowl 

An that white line gone 

It won't come along again 

Runnin wired an runnin fast 

Runnin out of gas 

Diamond Reo knows what empty means 

An Jesus Christ on the dash 

Won't keep it from the crash 

If ever curve is just your nerves ... closin in 

Yeah the heart of California's 

Haulin ... hard times again 

And the highway ... she does not make amends 

Your name out on the door 

An your toots down on the floor 

But that white line down 

It won't come around again 

Yeah the Reo's comin down 

Outside of town 

Strung-out ween the asphalt and the wheel 

And LA she waits 

Like a poisonous snake 

Coiled up with her diamonds in the hills 

Yeah the heart of California's 

Haulin ... hard times again 

And the highway ... she does not make amends 

That road you're runnin on's 

Hell bent for Babylon 

An that white line down 

It won't come around again 

An that white line down 

Will not be found ... again