With a catchy guitar intro, great harmonica and a massive voice you have a classic rock song.
The Doobie Brothers played this song fro almost 3 year live before they released it in the 1973 album The Captain And Me. According to Tom Johnston who wrote the song he had lots of difficulties to get the lyrics good. He changed it back and forth, even ad libbing lyrics on stage sometimes. With al that time and work, you should think that the lyrics would be better. Maybe to many Doobies 
”Down around the corner half a mile from here
see them both feet run and you watch them dissapear
without love where would you be now
without love
though i saw miss lucy down along the track
she lost her home and her family and she won t be coming back
without love where would you be now
without love
with the feeling always central and the southern central freight
you got to keep on pushing mamma you know there running late
without love where would you be now
without love
when the pistons keep on turning and go round and round
and the steel reels are cold and hard and the moutain ain t no down
without love where would you be now
without love”