[Part I]

[Verse 1]
Stood still on a highway
I saw a woman by the side of the road
With a face that I knew like my own
Reflected in my window

[Verse 2]
Well, she walked up to my quarterlight
And she bent down real slow
A fearful pressure paralyzed me
In my shadow

[Verse 3]
She said "Son, what are you doing here?
My fear for you has turned me in my grave"
I said "Mama, I come to the valley of the rich, myself to sell"
She said "Son, this is the road to Hell"

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
On your journey 'cross the wilderness, from the desert to the well
You have strayed upon the motorway to Hell
[Part II]

[Verse 1]
Well, I'm standing by a river, but the water doesn't flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
And I'm underneath the streetlights, but the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows

[Verse 2]
And the perverted fear of violence chokes a smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bells
This ain't no technological breakdown
Oh, no; this is the road to Hell

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
And all the roads jam up with credit
And there's nothing you can do
It's all just bits of paper
Flying away from you

[Verse 4]
Oh, look out world take a good look
What comes down here
You must learn this lesson fast
And learn it well
[Verse 5]
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
Oh, no, this is the road
Said this is the road
This is the road to Hell

[Guitar Solo]