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A White Cross On A Highway

from Honeysuckle Summer by Charles Ellsworth

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lyrics

I slept it off in Reno and now I’m
Driving through Cheyenne.
This frozen road to Chicago
Might take me home, but I can’t say when.
A decade out here on the road and I ain’t
Got a goddamned thing to show,
but the bent and broken hearts of friends
And lovers I’ve turned cold.

Oh, this highway’s like a graveyard
For the lives I could have lived.
And I’m wrestling with the thought of never
Holding her again.

Oh heaven, don’t you take my baby away.
Oh darling, don’t you change your mind about me.
Don’t you change.
Cuz I’ve scared away anyone
Who’s ever given a damn.
And along the way,
I learned you can’t hold The Highway,
but The Highway can sure hold you down.

There’s cows and corn and not much else
Except plenty of time to think to myself
of every little thing that I ever fucked up
I should have been nicer
When she scratched the truck.

I got an old friend in Omaha and he thinks
I should probably stay the night.
Says there’s a storm rolling in
and I’m looking worn thin.
He’d love to catch up if I can find the time,
but the sooner I can get to that bootlegger city,
the sooner I can make it back home,
look her in the eye,
Say she’s the only thing that I want.
And If she wants me to,
I could give up the road.

Oh, heaven, don’t you take my baby away.
Oh, darling, don’t you change your mind about me.
‘Cause I’ve scared away anyone
who’s ever given a damn.
And along the way,
I learned you can’t hold The Highway,
But The Highway can sure hold you down.

I don’t want to be a white cross decorating
Highway 55.
I don’t want to be an old man crying in his beer,
Because he forgot to live while he could still feel alive.
I want to know her better than these
towns I’ve never lived.
If she ain’t moved on, I’ll give her all I’ve got
to hold her in my arms again.

Oh Heaven, don’t you take my baby away.
Oh darling, don’t you
change your mind about me.
Cause I’ve scared away anyone
who’s ever given a damn.
And along the way,
I learned you can’t hold The Highway,
but The Highway can sure hold you down.

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from Honeysuckle Summer, released March 5, 2021

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Charles Ellsworth Brooklyn, New York

Born and raised in the White Mountains of Arizona, Charles Ellsworth first gained an appreciation for a simple, not so distant past. His vivid lyrics and near-familiar melodies weave to tell stories of heartbreak and loneliness while shining a light on the perseverance of the human spirit. ... more

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