Caught in the traffic

Gettin' caught in the traffic ain't all that bad
Those days when the end of the road
Is a dark, lonesome place full of heartache and pain
When the person in the mirror's got a face you don't know

It was twenty-five years since Johnny quit school
He'd worked every day of his life
When the foreman one day told him "Son, the job's done"  
He took the long road drivin' home to his wife;

Gettin' caught in the traffic ain't all that bad
Those days when the end of the road
Is a dark, lonesome place full of heartache and pain
When the person in the mirror's got a face you don't know

On his knees Billy swore that he'd always love Gail
And he wed her on the first day of fall
But he fell with Melinda on a warm night in spring
Thought of Gail on the long homeward haul

Gettin' caught in the traffic ain't all that bad
Those days when the end of the road
Is a dark, lonesome place full of heartache and pain
When the person in the mirror's got a face you don't know

By the time that I found you I knew my own sins
And I felt sure I'd put them away
But the demon inside me still juts out his chin
On the night road comin' home I might stray  

Gettin' caught in the traffic ain't all that bad
Those days when the end of the road
Is a dark, lonesome place full of heartache and pain

When the person in the mirror's got a face you don't know