Hellhound in the Parking Lot

[Verse] Transmission’s humming like a choir of the damned, Three hundred miles through this old forsaken land. Radiator’s weeping, widow in the rain, I’m drowning out the knocking, bottle for the pain. Saw a shadow by the dumpster near Motel Six, Pair of burning embers, mental-hospital tricks. Got a heavy-metal growl with diesel smoke, Following our tail-lights, cruel and cosmic joke. [Pre Chorus] Oil light is bleeding, sky is turning grey I can hear the padded footsteps, hundred yards away [Chorus] Hellhound in the parking lot Biting at my heels Evil at the wheels Hellhound in the parking lot Specter in the chrome Won’t let us get back home Oh! There’s a hellhound in the parking lot [Verse] Static on the radio, whispering my name, Every roadside cross, just a marker for my shame. Phantom in the backseat, where the gear is piled high, Can feel his icy fingers, cornfields flicker by Ghost of every highway, we never should have took, Reading out my secrets, charred and tattered book. My reflection in the glass, hollow-eyed and thin, Spirit of the asphalt, crawls beneath my skin. [Pre Chorus] Wind is screamin’, through the cracks in the door, Can’t tell what’s the engine, what’s the devil’s roar! [Chorus: Layered harmonies] Hellhound in the parking lot Biting at my heels Evil at the wheels Hellhound in the parking lot Specter in the chrome Won’t let us get back home Oh! There’s a hellhound in the parking lot [Bridge] Is it just a trick of light? Is it just the lack of sleep? Or is the debt we’re carrying getting way too deep? [Chorus] Hellhound in the parking lot Biting at my heels Evil at the wheels Hellhound in the parking lot Specter in the chrome Won’t let us get back home Oh! There’s a hellhound in the parking lot Repeat Chorus