Switchbacks in the Fog

Lyrics

Mountain road at midnight, the fog comes down like wool
Headlights on the guardrail, the white line's barely full
I ease off on the gas, I take it nice and slow
Ten miles an hour, and there's nowhere else to go

Hazard lights ahead of me, a trucker pulled to stay
Blinking in the whiteness like a heart that wants to say
Go easy, little traveler, there's room enough for two
We'll find the way together if we just see something through

Switchbacks in the fog, take it one turn at a time
Switchbacks in the fog, there's a porch light up the climb
You don't need to see the whole road, honey, just the next few feet
The mountain knows the way down, and the morning's gonna meet you

Radio's gone to static, so I hum an old refrain
My mother's kitchen melody, a whisper in the rain
A cabin up the ridge has got a lamp left in the pane
Somebody left a light on, and I'm not alone again

Switchbacks in the fog, take it one turn at a time
Switchbacks in the fog, there's a porch light up the climb
You don't need to see the whole road, honey, just the next few feet
The mountain knows the way down, and the morning's gonna meet you

Slow is not the same as lost
Quiet is not the same as cold
Every curve I've ever crossed
Led me somewhere safe to hold

Switchbacks in the fog, take it one turn at a time
Switchbacks in the fog, there's a porch light up the climb
You don't need to see the whole road, honey, just the next few feet
The mountain knows the way down, and the morning's gonna meet you

Just the next few feet
Just the next few feet