Back in 1958 we drove an old V8 and when itd gone a hundred thou we got out and pushed it a mile We didnt know who we were, we didnt know what we did We were just on the road Headin down from Canada on a gravel road a mile from Montana Then my Daddy read a sign and took us in the wrong direction I asked my Daddy where are we goin, he said well just follow Our nose, so I looked out the window and dreamed I was a cowboy We didnt know who we were, we didnt know what we did We were just on the road I met a girl in a truck cafe, fell in love almost right away Then the Mercury was ready to go and I had to leave her Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-Sh-doo Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-Sh-doo-Sh-doo Go home said the man in the moon go home Go home said the man in the moon go home Because its gettinsorta late and Ill soon turn out my light Go home said the man in the moon Go home We didnt know who we were, we didnt know what we did We were just on the road We didnt know who we were, we didnt know what we did We were just a ridin on We were just a ridin on the road