I heard they cleaned the wreck outside a Slidell just before the dawn

I heard five people got murdered by a drunk woman talking on her cell phone

I got drunk last night in slidell waiting on the clean up crew

I've been on the road for fifteen days waiting just to get home to you

Just before the dawn you hear the rooster crow

Just before the dawn Im gonna rise up rise up slow

Nighttime driving is like a dream Hallucinations rise up from the road

It's lonesome at five am and the white line becomes your soul

Just as the sun begins to rise the highway is foggy as hell And all the musicians are sleeping

You ain't got nothin but yourself

Just before the dawn you hear the rooster crow

Just before the dawn I'm gonna rise up rise up slow