Released: March 2, 1999
Songwriter: Bill Luther Tom Damphier
Producer: Norro Wilson Buddy Cannon
[Verse 1]
I keep telling myself this is the right thing to do
I was wasting her time, waiting on dreams that just weren't coming true
And this old highway seems to understand
Leading me on to somewhere that no one knows my name
I got the window rolled down, I got the radio up
I'm doing all that I can to get my mind off us
[Chorus]
What I need to do is turn this car around
Drive as fast as I can 'til I see the lights of our hometown
And run to her, take her in my arms
Make her see how sorry I am, well that shouldn't be so hard
But I drive on, and on, and on
[Verse 2]
Eighty-seven more miles gets me into Baton Rogue
There's a buddy of mine who says he might find some work that I can do
Or maybe head up north to Knoxville, Tennessee
I know my baby sister, has got a couch where I can sleep
Now the sun's going down on my broken heart
Lord, I got to get back before I get too far
[Chorus]
What I need to do is turn this car around
Drive as fast as I can 'til I see the lights of our hometown
And run to her, take her in my arms
Make her see how sorry I am, well that shouldn't be so hard
But I drive on
Yes I drive on, and on, and on
[Bridge]
Knowing what I need to do
Girl, I'm coming home to you
[Outro]
Knowing what I need to do
Girl I'm coming home to you
I'm coming home to you
Knowing what I need to do
I keep telling myself this is the right thing to do
I was wasting her time, waiting on dreams that just weren't coming true
And this old highway seems to understand
Leading me on to somewhere that no one knows my name
I got the window rolled down, I got the radio up
I'm doing all that I can to get my mind off us
[Chorus]
What I need to do is turn this car around
Drive as fast as I can 'til I see the lights of our hometown
And run to her, take her in my arms
Make her see how sorry I am, well that shouldn't be so hard
But I drive on, and on, and on
[Verse 2]
Eighty-seven more miles gets me into Baton Rogue
There's a buddy of mine who says he might find some work that I can do
Or maybe head up north to Knoxville, Tennessee
I know my baby sister, has got a couch where I can sleep
Now the sun's going down on my broken heart
Lord, I got to get back before I get too far
[Chorus]
What I need to do is turn this car around
Drive as fast as I can 'til I see the lights of our hometown
And run to her, take her in my arms
Make her see how sorry I am, well that shouldn't be so hard
But I drive on
Yes I drive on, and on, and on
[Bridge]
Knowing what I need to do
Girl, I'm coming home to you
[Outro]
Knowing what I need to do
Girl I'm coming home to you
I'm coming home to you
Knowing what I need to do
more tracks from the album
Greatest Hits
- All I Need To Know
- The Tin Man (New Version)
- Because of Your Love
- I Lost It
- Only Time Will Tell
- For the First Time
- Don’t Happen Twice
- Baptism
- That’s Why I’m Here
- She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy
- She’s Got It All
- You Had Me From Hello
- How Forever Feels
- Back Where I Come From
- When I Close My Eyes
- What I Need To Do
- Me and You
- Fall In Love (Remix)
From the albums
- Everywhere We Go (1999)
- Greatest Hits (2000)
- When the Sun Goes Down (2004)
Kenny Chesney popular songs
- Get Along
- Better Boat
- American Kids
- Anything But Mine
- Wild Child
- Setting the World on Fire
- When the Sun Goes Down
- Come Over
- All the Pretty Girls
- The Good Stuff
- Tip of My Tongue
- You and Tequila
- Don’t Blink
- Somewhere With You
- I Go Back
- There Goes My Life
- The Boys of Fall
- She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy
- Summertime
- Pirate Flag
- Here and Now
- Save It For A Rainy Day
- Ends of the Earth
- Knowing You