My wheels won't turnbachman-turner overdrivefreewaysi met a man who bought up landwherever his feet would treadhe asked me to el pasosaid i could stay on his spreadhe has horses and cows and tractors and plowsand all kinds of money to burnbut how can i get to texaswhen my wheels won't turnthere was a lady from spainwho had a fine framethen she moved to hollywoodshe said come and stay for a week and a dayi said i did not think i couldshe said the sunshine's finei could spend some timethere are lessons i could learnbut how can i get to l.a.when my wheels won't turnhow can i get to l.a.when my wheels won't turni'm standin' still'cause my wheels won't turni'm not in loveand my fuel won't burn for youat a college of knowledge i tried to learnall the tricks to beat the systemi'd hide nooks and memorize my books'till i knew i'd never never miss themeventually i got my degreebut the real thing i did learnyou just can't hit your home runif your wheels won't turnthere was a man in whitewho did things rghtnow he watches from abovehe said here's the way that i want you to prayand the way to live and loveso i saw the light and did things rightbut the candle would not burntell me, how can i get to heavenif my wheels won't turnhow can i get to heavenif my wheels won't turn