Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Highway 17, artist - Rodney Crowell. Album song The Houston Kid, in the genre ПопDate of issue: 31.12.2005
Record label: Sugar Hill
Song language: English
Highway 17 |
| I put away fifteen grand doing one-night stands mostly liquor stores and |
| fillin' stations |
| Me and this peepin' Tom by the name of J.D. Swan and any number of his odd |
| blood relations |
| This was armed robbery 1957 and mostly our getaways were clean |
| Then I’d pay off the boys and bury my bread out on Highway 17 |
| I had five kids and a wife with one dress and a yard full of cars that wouldn’t |
| running |
| My two oldest boys they were on to my noise they despised what their daddy done |
| But I did my thing the best I could maing plans by the light of day |
| And then night would fall and it was time to call and I was always on my way |
| Now J.D. he was crazy and he was inbred he drank whiskey like it was goin' out |
| of style |
| You know I should have seen it coming the writing was on the wall he was |
| getting just a little too loose and wild |
| Annd he made his mistake out on Airline Drive, you know those North Houston |
| cops are quick |
| They blew a hole in J.D. the size of Dallas and put a lump on my head with the |
| brunt of a nightstick |
| You know 5−10 in Huntsville ain’t no good times boys but I walked that line do |
| you know what I mean |
| 'Cause my mind was snug on that hole I dug out on Highway 17 |
| I said my mind was snug on that hole I dug out on Highway 17 |
| So I served my time only way I knew how thinking big and making plans |
| All about the way I was gonna change the world when I get my hands on that 15 |
| grand |
| You know C.W. and Herschel my two oldest boys they took care of their momma and |
| their little sisters the best way that they could |
| Dealing dimes and stealing hubcaps you know pretty soon they were doing good |
| So I walked out those prison gates a free man on the first day of November 19 |
| and '63 |
| I kissed my wife and I hugged my babies but they didn’t seem the same to me |
| You know the boys looked on they were already grown it was written across their |
| eyes and their faces |
| I’m the perfect sample of a bad example gone forever from their graces |
| But baby six long years and a lot can change many miles beyond your wildest |
| dreams |
| But a six-lane wide modern interstate ride out on Highway 17 |
| Lord they sunk my ship 'neath a concrete strip out on Highway 17 |
| Man they broke my back they built a concrete track out on Highway 17 |
| Well, you know it ain’t funny but they buried my money out on Highway 17 |