i look in the rear view mirror
leaving the lights behind
somehow i can still hear the jackpot janglin’
echo in my mind

i think of the days i wasted
and the price i paid
the desperate bets i placed on losing races
and all the mistakes i made

and if only i knew then everything that i know now
ONE THING leads to another
ONE THING leads to another
on the road that leads to you

had a ninety-two camaro
i barely knew how to drive
we were flying like an arrow
ninety-nine miles an hour where the sign said forty-five

and she said she’s gonna be my blue jean juliet and call me romeo
now the car is in the junkyard waiting for a jump start
julie left long ago.

and if only i knew then everything that i know now
ONE THING leads to another
ONE THING leads to another
on the road that leads to you

there’s an arrow sign twenty miles from town
but the screws came loose so it points straight down
still the people come but nobody knows
which way they’re supposed to go