Jackson Browne also recorded it on "Running on Empty," and it was on one of his fan web sites that I found the lyrics:

THE ROAD
Danny O'Keefe

Highways and dance halls, a good song takes you far.
You write about the moon and you dream about the stars.
Blues in old motel rooms, girls in daddies' cars,
You sing about the nights and you laugh about the scars.

Coffee in the morning, cocaine afternoons,
You talk about the weather and you grin about the rooms.
Phone calls long distance to tell how you've been,
Forget about the losses, you exaggerate the wins.

And when you stop to let 'em know you've got it down,
It's just another town along the road.

The ladies come to see you if your name still rings a bell.
They give you damn near nothin' and they'll say they knew you well.
So you tell 'em you'll remember but they know it's just a game,
And along the way, their faces all begin to look the same.

And when you stop to let 'em know you got it down,
It's just another town along the road.

Well, it isn't for the money and it's only for a while.
You stalk about the rooms and you roll away the miles.
Gamblers in the neon, clinging to guitars,
You're right about the moon but you're wrong about the stars.

And when you stop to let 'em know you got it down,
It's just another town along the way.

(c) 1971 WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP. & ROAD CANYON MUSIC