I like to see the rubber lap the miles
Cross the state line with a summer smile
The road ahead, the past I left behind me
Same parts troubled man and mother's child
A highway garden grown mighty wild
There's just one place, seems to recognize me
I wanna go to my
Gulf coast home
Where the pines and palms together
Sing the songs I used to know
As I was born so may I die
Beneath this watercolor sky
And forever roam
My gulf coast home
A pocketful of promises but no band
No way to win a good woman's hand
She made it clear she could not stand beside me
So I packed Up my pride and went on the lam
With too little sense and no plan
Took a good long while for me to try and find me
I wanna go to my
Gulf coast home
Where the pines and palms together
Sing the songs I used to know
As I was born so may I die
Beneath this watercolor sky
And forever roam
My gulf coast home
My life it flows like water down these highways
Still I find no place to make a stand
The rain runs in rivers right behind me
To my native land
Gulf coast home
Where the pines and palms forever
Sing the songs I used to know
As I was born so may I die
Beneath this watercolor sky
And forever roam
My gulf coast home
Don’t you wanna roam