Back in 2020 when Trump and Covid reigned

Me and Ray did some drivin’ out on the interstate                                   

Two men more damn different, you wouldn’t hope to find 

But after forty days and nights and thirty thousand miles behind

Me and Ray we found a way to set aside the hate                                  

And we stole a little peace of mind along that strange highway

 

Now a semi cab’s a ten foot cell where there’s no room for escape

Where you’re never more than six feet away from a guy and it’s

wenty four hours a day                                  

Ray was the last set of eyes assigned by the company 

To see if I should be employed, if not they’d cut me free

Ray was in his MAGA cap at the terminal where we deployed

Ans I’d just been on CNN arrested for protesting George Floyd

 

At first I tried to hide my stripes; Jane Goodall with her apes

Peppered him with questions to reveal his twisted take

But Ray was smart and he fooled me and he baited me you know

And when I raged in fury he smiled with a knowing glow

 

It ain’t what we donno that hurts us

it’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so 

We can’t fix each other, We gotta share the open road.

Cause what we gotta carry,   how far it’s gotta get

Ain’t ever gonna get there if both of us know best

 

Me and Ray we traded shots taking turns behind his wheel   

And both of us conceded facts as they became revealed.

The battle cry “you don’t know shit,” became “Let’s look it up”

And as we learned a couple things a nice quiet filled that truck

Now I won’t say that Ray was right, we agree to disagree

But when I said goodbye to him, I was sad I had to leave

 

It ain’t what we donno that hurts us

it’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so 

We can’t fix each other. We gotta share the open road.

Cause what we gotta carry how far it’s gotta get

Ain’t ever gonna get there if everyone knows best

 

Everything was closed back then, you couldn’t even sit to eat

Dusty winds through Texas, blew thru abandoned streets  

Everyone should fight like hell for what they think is right

But tides will turn and history comes clean in the morning light