An Hour Away
 Lou & Peter Berryman, ©2000)
 

So there's 65 miles to go to get to my sweet prairie flower
The speed limit's now 65, it should take me exactly an hour
Only 65 miles to go, but when 10 miles further I drive
I notice with dread there's a sign up ahead
Saying Speed Zone slow down, 55

So there's 55 miles to go to get to my sweet prairie flower
The speed limit's now 55, it should take me exactly an hour
Only 55 miles to go, but when 10 miles further I drive
I notice with dread there's a sign up ahead
Saying Speed Zone slow down, 45

So there's 45 miles to go to get to my sweet prairie flower
The speed limit's now 45, it should take me exactly an hour
Only 45 miles to go, but when 10 miles further I drive
I notice with dread there's a sign up ahead
Saying Speed Zone slow down, 35

So there's 35 miles to go to get to my sweet prairie flower
The speed limit's now 35, it should take me exactly an hour
Only 35 miles to go, but when 10 miles further I drive
I notice with dread there's a sign up ahead
Saying Speed Zone slow down, 25

Oh I cannot go on this-a-way, I complain to myself in the mirror
I keep driving further and further but I don't seem to get any nearer
So I'll rent me a room at this motel and you can come visit someday
The view's not so hot, and the bed is a cot, but it's only an hour away,
It's only an hour away