[00:00.760]
[00:13.870]I drove in on the four lane
[00:15.340]
[00:16.520]Where the two lane used to be
[00:18.360]
[00:19.850]The highway hummed a near forgotten tune
[00:22.330]
[00:23.970]From 1963
[00:25.490]
[00:26.580]The year I turned 18 and set my sights
[00:29.180]
[00:30.630]And heard the highway call
[00:32.250]
[00:33.750]Now the highway's come full circle
[00:35.630]
[00:36.790]To a place I scarce recall
[00:38.720]
[00:42.220]There's a girl I still remember
[00:43.950]
[00:45.780]Whose name I can't recall
[00:47.470]
[00:49.540]I gave her what I had  but then
[00:51.440]
[00:52.790]She tried to take it all
[00:54.320]
[00:55.460]I stayed long enough to love her
[00:57.830]
[00:58.630]And then left her on the run
[01:00.780]
[01:02.640]Like a flower left to wither
[01:04.700]
[01:05.470]In that deep East Texas sun
[01:07.940]
[01:10.970]There's a place out on the highway
[01:13.580]
[01:14.200]Where I go to spend my time
[01:16.050]
[01:17.260]Where the bartenders all know me
[01:20.020]
[01:20.750]And the players are friends of mine
[01:22.640]
[01:24.350]And we light up on the brakes
[01:26.310]
[01:27.270]And talk of things that we all know
[01:29.960]
[01:32.800]But I've heard it all before
[01:34.720]
[01:38.400]And I'll hear it all again
[01:40.210]
[01:43.410]And I've heard it said
[01:45.170]The highway never ends
[01:47.710]
[01:59.540]So what about old handsome Johnny
[02:01.260]
[02:03.670]And the class of '64
[02:05.270]
[02:07.090]Did the women all make promises
[02:08.670]
[02:10.340]When they shipped him off to war
[02:12.150]
[02:13.950]Did his mama get the medal
[02:15.220]
[02:17.080]And did his country ever win
[02:18.630]
[02:20.170]Well  let's drink a round to Johnny
[02:21.950]
[02:23.460]'Cuz he died for all our sins
[02:25.510]
[02:28.280]They're still down there in the factories
[02:30.450]
[02:32.320]You can see 'em in the mills
[02:33.970]
[02:35.510]They've sweated there for years  Lord
[02:37.350]
[02:39.270]I guess they always will
[02:40.790]
[02:42.560]And you know they won't be leaving
[02:44.330]
[02:45.750]And I can't watch 'em die that way
[02:47.690]
[02:49.200]So in my rear view mirror
[02:51.070]
[02:52.270]I'll just watch them slip away
[02:54.500]
[02:57.080]There's a place out on the highway
[02:59.830]
[03:00.650]Where I go to spend my time
[03:02.590]
[03:03.760]Where the bartenders all know me
[03:06.490]
[03:07.050]And the players are friends of mine
[03:09.370]
[03:10.820]And we light up on the brakes
[03:13.260]And talk of things that we all know
[03:16.590]
[03:19.350]But I've heard it all before
[03:21.050]
[03:24.260]And I'll hear it all again
[03:26.550]
[03:29.460]And I've heard it said
[03:30.480]
[03:31.690]The highway never ends
[03:33.110]
[03:37.890]The highway never ends
[03:39.280]
[03:45.260]The highway never ends