Tollway Blues

Woke up this mornin', coffee in my hand

Drove out on the tollway, like a workin' man

Little box on the windshield, blinkin' green at me

Every time it beeps, it ain't singin', it's a fee

Beep, beep, there goes another dollar-twenty

Little box on my windshield, eatin' up my money

Beep, beep, January one

I got the tollway blues, and the year ain't even begun

Used to be six bits, seventy-five cents flat

Board voted eight to nothin', how about that

Voted in the summer, come New Year's the price goes high

Beep, beep, baby, I can hear my wallet cry

Beep, beep, there goes another dollar-twenty

Little box on my windshield, eatin' up my money

Beep, beep, January one

I got the tollway blues, and the year ain't even begun

Took the free road Tuesday, thought I'd save a buck

Hit every red light, got behind a garbage truck

Forty minutes later, I'm right back where I've been

Ramp says "Welcome back, friend," and it beeps me all again

Now I ain't mad at the road, and I ain't mad at the crew

They patch it and they plow it, and I thank 'em, yes I do

I just wanna know, before the next price goes up

Where's all that money goin'? Somebody add it up

Beep, beep, there goes another dollar-twenty

Little box on my windshield, eatin' up my money

Beep, beep, January one

I got the tollway blues, and the year ain't even begun

I got the tollway blues... beep, beep

Tollway blues... beep, beep