Steve Earle - The Low Highway
Intro
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Verse 1
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Travelin' now on the low highway, three thousand miles to the Frisco Bay
Across the rivers wild and the lonesome plains
Up the coast and down and back again
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I saw empty houses on a dead end street -1/3-3-3-3--3-3--3-0--1--|
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People linin' up for something to eat -2/4-4-4-4--4-4--4-0--2--|
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And the ghost of America watching me -------------------------|
Through the broken windows of the factories
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Pickin' bones of a better day as I roll down the low highway
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Verse 2
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Travelin' now on the low highway by the yellow moon and the light of day
Snow white crown of the mountain tall
To the valley down where the shadows fall
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Met a man with a rifle in his hand
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Been away to battle in a distant land
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Taught him to hate taught him to kill
Now he's out on the road with a hole to fill
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Nobody knows the price he paid
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So he's taken his toll on the low highway
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Verse 3
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Travelin' now on the low highway, windows down, listenin'
Wheels turnin' round on the asphalt sayin'
Every sound is a prophecy
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Heard an old man grumble and a young girl cry
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Brick wall crumble, white dove fly
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The call for justice and the cry for peace
And the voice of reason and the roar of the beast
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And every mile was a prayer I prayed as I rolled down the low highway
