New Highway Lyrics - Blackjack David - Dave Alvin

Dave Alvin 

(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music) 

Well I'm leavin' this mornin' baby 

Gonna ride that new highway 

Yeah I'm leavin' this mornin' baby 

Gonna ride that new highway 

And the more you cry the more you gonna drive me away. 

I ain't got no family 

Ain't got no wife or no child 

I ain't got no family 

Ain't got no wife, no child 

Ain't got no religion, I'm just out here runnin' wild. 

Well a rich man's got money 

And a poor man's only got his soul 

Yeah rich man's got the money baby 

Poor boy only got his soul 

But I got this new highway and I don't care where I go. 

Well this new highway baby 

Takes me from town to town 

Yeah this new highway baby 

Takes me from town to town 

Where some sweet angel always lets me lay down. 

Well my Kansas woman's got 

Skin as white as snow 

Yeah my Kansas City baby's got 

Skin as white as snow 

But my Deep Ellum woman's got hair as black as coal. 

Well your lovers will leave you baby 

Good friends will come and go 

Yeah your lovers will leave you baby 

Good friends come and go 

But this new highway's the best friend I've ever known. 

Now the gold sun's settin' baby 

Silver moon on the rise 

Yeah the gold sun's settin' baby 

Silver moon on the rise 

Gonna ride this highway 'til the day I die.