| All the bright lights in Memphis were a shinin'
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| As we rode in to town on rainy night
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| We stopped for a bite at the blues cafe'
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| But we soon had to be on our way
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| We had a show down the road in Arkansas
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| Down there they thought I was some kind of star
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| They has us playin' all night long
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| And they danced every song
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| And some nights the bossman payed my bar
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| My whole life’s been Highways 'n' Byways
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| Broken dreams of designated skyways
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| Life’s been flashin' by
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| One day I know I’ll die
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| Somewere on Highways and Byways
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| I’ve been up and down these roads since my teens
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| From Milwaukee down to New Orleans
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| All I’ve got is this guitar in my hand
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| My '74 Chevy and my band
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| If we’d only had a hit to take us higher
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| Wish I’d done a song that sat the world on fire
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| Now we’re goin' round the same old places
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| Seeing the same ol' faces
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| Drivin' this van with worn out tires
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| My whole life’s been Highways 'n' Byways
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| Broken dreams of disignated skyways
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| Life’s been flashin' by
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| One day I know I’ll die
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| Somewere on Highways and Byways
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| Somewere on Highways and Byways
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| Now I’m callin' up my daughter just to see
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| if she’d like to come to hear the boys 'n' me
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| 'Cause tonight we’re playin' in our hometown
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| 'n' I’d love it if she’d like to come down
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| But she tells that she just don’t dig our sound
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| And she hates me for never being around
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| So tonight just ain’t no good time
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| And she hasn’t got a dime
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| I say you know were I’ll be found
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| My whole life’s been Highways 'n' Byways
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| Broken dreams of designated skyways
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| Life’s been flashin' by
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| One day I know I’ll die
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| Somewere on Highways and Byways Somewere on Highways and Byways |