Willie Nelson - The Highway Lyrics
I drove in on the four laneWhere the two lane used to beThe highway hummed a near forgotten tuneFrom 1963The year I turned 18 and set my sightsAnd heard the highway callNow the highway’s come full circleTo a place I scarce recallThere’s a girl I still rememberWhose name I can’t recallI gave her what I had, but thenShe tried to take it allI stayed long enough to love herAnd then left her on the runLike a flower left to witherIn that deep East Texas sunThere’s a place out on the highwayWhere I go to spend my timeWhere the bartenders all know meAnd the players are friends of mineAnd we light up on the brakesAnd talk of things that we all knowBut I’ve heard it all beforeAnd I’ll hear it all againAnd I’ve heard it saidThe highway never endsSo what about old handsome JohnnyAnd the class of ’64?Did the women all make promisesWhen they shipped him off to war?Did his mama get the medalAnd did his country ever win?Well, let’s drink a round to Johnny‘Cuz he died for all our sins.They’re still down there in the factoriesYou can see ‘em in the millsThey’ve sweated there for years, LordI guess they always will.And you know they won’t be leavingAnd I can’t watch ‘em die that waySo in my rear view mirrorI’ll just watch them slip awayThere’s a place out on the highwayWhere I go to spend my timeWhere the bartenders all know meAnd the players are friends of mineAnd we light up on the brakesAnd talk of things that we all knowBut I’ve heard it all beforeAnd I’ll hear it all againAnd I’ve heard it saidThe highway never endsThe highway never endsThe highway never ends
