I drove in on a four lane where the two lane
used to be
the highway hummed a new forgotten song from
1953 the year I turned 18 at my
size I heard the highway call and now the
highways come full circle to a place
I scarcely recall. There's a power plant on Big
Creek where I went fishing as a
child but they've paved the old man's pastures
where the flowers once grew
wild and they've built a stained-glass mansion
to comfort you and me where the
choir all sings to Jesus who's rock of ages set
me free
there is a place out on the highway where I go
to spend my time where the bartenders all
know me and the players are friends of mine
we light up all the breaks and talk of things
that we all know but I've heard it all
before and I hear it all again
I've heard it said the highway never ends
there's a girl I still remember though her name
I can't recall I gave her one
a hand then she tried to take it all I stayed
long enough to love her then I
left her on the run like a flower there to
wither in that
deepest Texas sun. Say what about a handsome
Johnny from the class of 64
did the women all make promises when they
shipped him off to war
did his mama get the medal did his country ever win
let's drink around the Johnny he died for all
our sins
there is a place out on the highway where I go
to spend my time where the bartenders all know
me and the players are friends of mine
we light up all the breaks and talk of things
that we all know but I've heard it all before
and I hear it all again
I've heard it said the highway never ends
they're still down there in the factories you
can see them in the meals
they've sweated there for years Lord I guess
they always will and you know they
won't be leaving I can't watch them die that
way so in my rear view mirror I just let them
slip away
there is a place out on the highway where I go
to spend my time where the bartenders all know
me and the players are friends of mine
we light up all the breaks and talk of things
that we all know but I've heard it all before
and I hear it all again I've heard it said the
highway never ends