Lyric Analysis -
Down the Road Tonight

Do you have your own take on this song? Maybe you have something of your own to add. E-mail the site under the "Home" section of the menu above - why not share your thoughts for all to see?

When we were kids we'd hear about some joint in town or some trailer out in the country that was a gathering place for nameless adults who were sort of people of the night ... well-traveled types or just locals with a penchant for underground activity. Anyway, these places were off-limits, and we could only imagine what went on.

In the song, a naive guy falls in love with a cheap older woman and just like us kids, never really knows what's going on. He just knows it's something wild. And, as with a lot of things, the imagination is better than the reality.

John Hornsby