Long-haired young girl here beside meFit my body, wore my mindSleepin' quiet, never knowin'That tomorrow she'll be one more thing I'm gonna leave behindLike them big wheels, I'll be rollin'Like them rivers, gonna flow to sea'Cause I'd rather leave here knowin'That I made a fool of love before it made a fool of meLow-down freedom, you done cost meEverything I'll ever loseYou're as empty as my pocketsFrom the top of where you start down to the bottom of my bootOpen highway, lonesome wind blowsTell me somethin' I don't knowWrapped in woman arms around meTell me why I'm gonna leave when I don't really wanna goLow-down freedom, you done cost meEverything I'll ever loseYou're as empty as my pocketsFrom the top of where you start down to the bottom of my bootLow-down freedom, you done cost meEverything I'll ever loseYou're as empty as my pocketsAnd you're colder than the water that keeps soakin' through my boot