[Verse 1]
Last night I was out driving
Coming home at the end of a working day
Driving alone in the drizzling rain
On a deserted stretch of a county two-lane
I came upon a wreck on the highway

[Verse 2]
Well there was blood and glass all over
And there was nobody there but me
And as the rain came down so hard and cold
I seen a young man lying by the side of the road
He said, "Mister, won't you help me please?"

[Verse 3]
An ambulance finally came and took him to Riverside
I watched as they drove him away
And I thought of a girlfriend or a young wife
And a state trooper knocking in the middle of the night
To say your baby died in a wreck on the highway

[Verse 4]
Sometimes I sit up in the darkness
And I watch my baby as she sleeps
Then I climb in bed and I hold her tight
I just lie there awake in the middle of the night
And I think about a wreck on the highway
[Outro]
I'd like to thank Bruce Springsteen