Highway Song Lyrics - Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon - James Taylor

Father, let us build a boat and sail away 

There's nothing for you here 

And brother, let us throw our lot out upon the sea 

It's been done before 

I'm thinking 'bout a broken heart 

I'm talking 'bout the break of dawn 

You love me while I'm here 

Then you can miss me when I'm gone 

Sweet misunderstanding 

Won't you leave a poor boy alone 

I'm the one eyed seed of a tumbleweed 

In the belly of a rolling stone 

Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Back on the road again 

I had a little woman in Memphis 

She wanted to be my bride 

She said, settle on down, traveling man 

You can stay right by my side 

I tried so hard to please her 

But I couldn't hold out too long 

'Cause one Saturday night I was laying in bed 

And I heard that highway song 

Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Back on the road again 

Now one of these days that highway song will lose its appeal to me 

I'm gonna settle on down like a natural born man 

I'm gonna live my life naturally (Free and easy) 

Until that day the thunder's gonna roll 

And I notice there's a sign of rain 

So I grab my bags and I pack my clothes 

And I'm back on the road again 

Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Back on the road again 

I'm thinking 'bout a broken heart 

I been talking 'bout the break of dawn 

You loved me while I'm here 

and you can miss me when I'm gone 

And I said sweet misunderstanding 

Won't you leave a poor boy alone 

'Cause I'm the one eyed seed of a tumbleweed 

In the belly of a rolling stone 

Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Back on the road again 

Here I am again 

Holiday Inn 

Same old four walls again 

Gee, but it's fine to be back home again (whoa, now) 

Say, Holiday Inn, I'm on the road again