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Highway 40 (MBH Blistering Leads Version)

by The Lonely Lovers

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I've been accused of putting too many ladies' names in my song titles, so this one has a highway...but it's still about a gal. Sigh!

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Ab Fm
There’s a road in northwest Texas
Eb C#
Just as straight as the truth
Yet I lost myself upon it
When I first laid eyes on you
I had good job down in Lansing
Making motors for Detroit cars
But they shut down all the factories
And the going got real hard
Well I had to earn a living
Had a wife and two little kids
There were jobs in long-haul trucking
So that was what I did

Eb C#
And I’d call Mary just to tell her I loved her
Eb C#
I’d tell the boys, your daddy’s thinking of ya
Eb C# Ab Eb C# Ab / Eb C# Ab
Right now I’m in Arizona, but I’m coming home

Driving from Cleveland to California
Hauling engines I used to make
Sleeping in truck stops in Oklahoma
Or taking pills just to stay awake
In a bar near Amarillo
Stopped for a meal, maybe a beer
You were there, like you were waitin’ for me
You told me, “Take me out of here.”
We rode on Highway 40
Like we were being chased
But in the rearview, something was coming
Something I knew I couldn’t escape

Ch:
And I’d call Mary just to tell her I loved her
I’d tell the boys, your daddy’s thinking of ya
Right now I’m in Santa Rosa, but I’m coming home

(Solo over verse)

At that hotel north of Los Angeles
When you told me you had to leave
I was thinking about what was broken
I was wondering what she’d see
Were you written on my face now
Was something breaking through
When she looked me in the eyes now
Would she see pictures of you?

credits

released May 30, 2019
Lyrics and music by MBH.
All instruments and lead vocals by MBH.
Backing vocals by Jen Schaap, Ann Stebelton, Caroline Barlow, and Jamie Beth Platte.

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The Lonely Lovers Boyne City, Michigan

The Lonely Lovers is a northern-Michigan musical collective helmed by Mark Blaauw-Hara. It includes performances and contributions by Jen Schaap, Caroline Barlow, Jamie Platte, Drew Baar, Chris Graham, Kevin Putman, Greg Carpenter, Cody Farrier, Chris Koury, and Ann Stebelton. ... more

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