Track 1 of the album Sparks on the Blue Ridge · 2014
Hallelujah Gas Station
“We wrote this at a dead pump in the middle of nowhere and it felt like church. It had to open the record.”
slow rock · gospel-tinged · heartland rock · 4:04
Lyrics
Pump number four is out of order Sign says cash only, God only knows Preacher's wife is selling peaches From a pickup parked beside the hose A trucker's got his hat off, humming A kid is dancing on the oil-stained floor Nobody called this a church house But the whole place just opened up its door The neon hums a little higher The radio is catching fire Hallelujah, gas station Salvation by the road Hallelujah, gas station Come set down your heavy load Fill your cup with coffee, fill your heart with grace There's a little bit of heaven at this lonesome place Hallelujah, gas station Keep on rolling, you are not alone The clerk is clapping on the downbeat With a lottery ticket in her hand A cowboy sings the bass line slowly Like he knows it, though he can't quite understand A woman in a wedding dress is crying Her car broke down an hour from the church She's got a hundred strangers praying And a mechanic with a wrench The neon hums a little higher The radio is catching fire Hallelujah, gas station Salvation by the road Hallelujah, gas station Come set down your heavy load Fill your cup with coffee, fill your heart with grace There's a little bit of heaven at this lonesome place Hallelujah, gas station Keep on rolling, you are not alone And I came in running from my troubles Out of gas and out of prayers Now I'm standing in the fluorescent glory With a stranger's hand on my shoulder there Nobody asked me what I'd done Nobody asked me where I'd been They just made some room beside the ice machine Engine turns and the bride is rolling Horns are honking all the way to town The trucker puts his cap back on And the sun is coming down I'm pulling out with a full tank And a lighter, softer chest Funny where a weary soul Finds a little rest Hallelujah, gas station Salvation by the road Hallelujah, gas station Come set down your heavy load Fill your cup with coffee, fill your heart with grace There's a little bit of heaven at this lonesome place Hallelujah, gas station Keep on rolling, you are not alone Hallelujah, gas station Keep on rolling, you are not alone