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US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: Pappy Fiddle Date: 15 Apr 25 - 12:10 AM Yikes, Joe, it's like you pulled the cork out of the dike... so what'll it hurt to add one more. Growing up in L.A. with family up north we had numerous occasions to travel on Hwy 99. In the cold season there was sometimes thick fog. Kinda scary to be unable to see ~anything~ beyond the hood of the car, everybody creeping along about 10 mph except the occasional car bowling along at normal speed. So, I put together this: Wreck in the Fog Woody Brison 2025 Up old Highway 99 On a sunny day the drive's just fine On a foggy day it's worth your life Be careful sonny how you drive The fog's as thick as mama's soup You can't see anything worth a hoot You can't see the ornament on the hood Be careful people and drive real good Even if you drive real slow There'll be some fool who doesn't know He won't see a thing until he's hit it Lord have mercy on them drivin' in it Up old Highway 99 On a sunny day the drive's just fine On a foggy day it's worth your life Be careful sonny how you drive Tom Duval was going real slow Feeling his way you'd almost say But not everybody was that wise Fools should not be allowed to drive Sam was the man you know the one He came bowlin' along like he always done And smacked Tom's car like a billiard ball And into the ditch went Tom Duval Up old Highway 99 On a sunny day the drive's just fine On a foggy day it's worth your life Be careful sonny how you drive Then Mrs. Crowley slammed in fast Then two or three others added to the mass Along came a Freightliner doin' fifty five Who taught that idiot how to drive Now farmer Frank he heard the noise And he dialed up the Highway Patrol Highway Patrol dispatched some boys By the time they arrived there were fifty cars all told Up old Highway 99 On a sunny day the drive's just fine On a foggy day it's worth your life Be careful sonny how you drive Still workin' on a tune for it. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,paperback Date: 13 Apr 25 - 11:27 PM Dorothy Parshall, thanks for the interesting Sunday drive. US 1, were it all started; also known as the Atlantic Highway, (our cousins in the British Isles also have one:-) Anyroad, no mention of a number but this could very well be about US 1 Touch of Pennsylvania |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: Sol Date: 13 Apr 25 - 06:11 AM One of my old favourites.... "Last Exit To Brooklyn" - Gene Pitney "Last Exit To Brooklyn" |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: Sol Date: 13 Apr 25 - 06:05 AM As far as I know, Route 66 meets the Pacific at Santa Monica Boulevard. "All I Wanna Do" - Sheryl Crow |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,paperback Date: 13 Apr 25 - 01:33 AM Loneliest Road That I Know Guy Davis Album: Give In Kind Well that 61 highway is the loneliest road that I know Well that 61 highway is the loneliest road that I know She run from New York City run right by my baby's door Well some people say, say the Greyhound busses they don't run Well some people say, say the Greyhound busses they don't run Well, go to West Memphis baby look down Highway 61 Please. please see somebody for me Please. please see somebody for me If you see my baby tell her she's alright, she's alright with me If I should happen to die doubt babe, honey before you think my time have come If I should happen to die doubt baby, honey before you think my time have come I want you to bury my body right there by Highway 61 |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 10 Dec 24 - 09:56 PM Well, just as a matter of interest, I scrolled on through looking for mention of route 1, the main road from Maine to Georgia ---to Florida?- but Dad always said Georgia. It was a five minute walk through the woods and pasture to the bus stop on Route 1 (the Baltimore Pike). Not a single song? I guess that wasn't a very interesting part of the country! |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: cnd Date: 10 Dec 24 - 08:42 PM Here's a song about California's Route 1, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). It's a modern one but I've been digging it lately. listen CALIFORNIA POPPY by THEO LAWRENCE Don't pick up strangers on the road As a young boy I was told But I could never ever listen I was en route to Monterey She was headin' the same way All aboard my Silverado CHORUS She's a California poppy of the PCH Bloomin' on the roadside Hitchin' and a-thumbin' and a-bummin' a ride In a golden ray of sunshine She was a hipster from the town Smokin' reefer by the pound And her ways were kinda groovy She kept her shades on for the ride Now there was somethin' she was tryin' to hide I couldn't put my finger on it CHORUS We made a stop at a service station For a little bit of relaxation And a little bit of gasoline She stole my keys and then she rode away And for the gas I had to pay So I wrote my song about it CHORUS |
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Subject: Highway 1 and Highway 101 - oops From: GUEST,Ancient Matriarch Date: 13 Jul 24 - 01:02 PM I made this up when I was living on Comptche-Ukiah Road, three miles east of the town (not village) of Mendococino. Despite what Siri says, it's pronounced com-chee. I recommend mudcatters heading south from Mendo take 101, as the southbound lane of Coast Highway 1 has fallen into the ocean. To the tune of Country Roads: Almost normal, Mendocino Sprouts at Corners, coffee at the Good Life. Life is weird here, weirder than you think Raccoons in the garbage, spiders in the sink Comptche Road, take me home Where it ain’t so darn quaint Where there’s no one taking photos Take me home, Comptche Road. I see them out on the headlands, staring at their phones “Is that a dolphin or a whale?” is what they say. “Give us all your money,” say the shopkeepers, “And then go back to San Jose…” Highway One Take them home To the place they belong San Francisco, Palo Alto Take them home, 101. I hear their voices as I drive in to get my mail “Is there a bathroom in this town?” is what they say. Looking for a parking space, I’m wishing That they all had gone home yesterday Yesterday |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: cnd Date: 10 Jul 24 - 08:45 AM Can't believe I forgot about this song for so long... Pure Prairie League's famous roast of Merle Haggard (and country singers in general) pretending to be country, but not actually *being* country.... It's already on Mudcat (click) so I won't repeat the lyrics. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,henryp Date: 16 Jun 24 - 07:05 AM Long Long Time To Get Old (Ian Tyson) from Great Speckled Bird (1969) - and a great album too! The eagle’s flying tomorrow, mosquito biting me today I ride the bus to Toronto,. Highway 2 all the way I take a walk along Yonge Street, where good times are bought and sold Remember this, children, if the good Lord’s willing, live a long long time to get old Yonge Street, Toronto, is a major arterial route in the Canadian province of Ontario connecting the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. Ontario's first colonial administrator, John Graves Simcoe, named the street for his friend Sir George Yonge, an expert on ancient Roman roads. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: Neil D Date: 15 Jun 24 - 03:13 AM Woody Guthrie's "the Asch Recordings" 1944 and 1945 included his song "Hard Traveling" with the line "I've been walking that Lincoln Highway / I thought you knowed". The Lincoln Highway being US 30, the first coast to coast road. It ran from Time Square to San Fransisco. Other than the brief mention by Guthrie there have been many songs written about the Lincoln Highway including 3 marches and a symphony. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,paperback Date: 14 Jun 24 - 07:46 PM The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie Colter Wall Well Reverend Reverend please come quick 'Cause I got something to admit I met a man out in the sticks A good old miss He drove a series 10 cadillac And wore cigar on his lip Don't you know the Devil wears a suit and tie I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July White as a cotton field And sharp as a knife I heard him howlin' as he passed me by And he said I know you I know you, young man I know you by the state of your hands You're a six string picker Just as I... I am Let me learn ya some I know a few turns to make all the girls dance Don't you know the Devil wears a suit and tie I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July White as a cotton field And sharp as a knife I heard him howlin' as he passed me by Foolish foolish was I Damn my foolish eyes Cause that man's lessons had a price Oh sweet price My sweet soul Everlasting My very own Eternal light Don't you know the Devil wears a suit and tie I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July White as a cotton field And sharp as a knife I heard him howlin' as he passed me by Well the Devil wears a suit and tie I saw him driving down the sixty one in early July White as a cotton field And sharp as a knife I heard him howlin' As he passed me By |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: David C. Carter Date: 27 Mar 24 - 09:59 AM Hank Williams:Lost Highway Arlo Guthrie:Highway in the Wind |
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Subject: RE: US Highways and songs about them From: cnd Date: 26 Mar 24 - 08:51 AM Grapes On the Vine mentions Route 22, which I believe is US Route 22 as it passes through Pittsburgh (FYI -- not sure if this is a recent change, but my attempts to post were met with an error informing me the Subject title was 52 characters, two over a 50-character limit.) |
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Subject: Lyr Add: POMPTON TURNPIKE (W Osborne, D Rogers) From: Jim Dixon Date: 22 Jan 24 - 06:39 PM My transcription from the recording at the Internet Archive. I have used dashes to indicate pauses in the rhythm. POMPTON TURNPIKE (Will Osborne, Dick Rogers) As recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (vocal by Louis Jordan) on Decca 8500 A, 1940. Pompton—Turnpike: That’s a very famous Jersey roadway Full of—country—charm. Pompton—Turnpike Leads you to a place not far from Broadway. Still it’s—on a—farm. You dine with life subdued. The music interlude Puts you right in the mood To dance and find yourself romance. Pompton—Turnpike: Ride your bike, or if you like, just hitchhike. Come to—Pompton—Turnpike. You can ride your bike, if you like, But if you can’t ride a bike, you better hitchhike To Pompton, To Pompton, Better come to—Pompton—Turnpike. [From the Wikipedia article, Newark-Pompton Turnpike: Charlie Barnet recorded the song Pompton Turnpike, which was written by Will Osborne and Dick Rogers, about the Meadowbrook, a swing era performance venue on Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove, NJ. It is now a Macedonian Orthodox Church. The song was covered as a jazz/blues vocal version by Louis Jordan, the "King of the Jukebox" in the 1940s.You can also hear Barnet’s recording at the Internet Archive, but it is an instrumental. [A catalog entry at the University of Alberta library indicates that there is a missing verse that begins: “Stranger, can you tell me where I'll find a certain highway leading to a very famous rendez-vous?”] |
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Subject: Lyr Add: NEW HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAY (Willard Robison) From: Jim Dixon Date: 22 Jan 24 - 11:16 AM I don’t even know if this is meant to refer to a specific highway: My transcription from the recording at the Internet Archive: NEW HAMPSHIRE HIGHWAY (Robison) As recorded by Willard Robison and his Piano on Perfect 12384 B, 1927. VERSE: I’m home again from such a grand vacation. My trip has not been all in vain. Amid the views of old New Hampshire I found the real lover’s lane. CHORUS: New Hampshire highway, I have this much to say: It broke my heart to leave you. Contentment everywhere amid your scenes so rare, They thrilled me through and through. I found someone to love me In that good old-fashioned way. New Hampshire highway, I have this much to say: I’ll come again someday. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: Asheville City Skyline From: cnd Date: 27 Nov 23 - 12:13 PM Listen to the song (click). Lyrics copied and modified from AZlyrics. Route 74 is of course US 74 which runs mostly through North Carolina and a little bit of Tennessee, starting in Wilmington and heading west through Charlotte, and Asheville before ultimately wending in to Chattanooga. I have driven all of the portion of US 74 in NC (not continuously) but none of the section in Tennessee. I'm hoping to eventually make a trip out of just going from one end to the other. ASHEVILLE CITY SKYLINE Guitar cases, long faces A warm embrace and Sarah's tears Freeway hums and sadness comes And LAX just disappears Airplane jails, and ginger ale A magazine or two Landing gear, an airport beer And I'm on my way to you CHORUS Rolling up route 74 Through the French Broad River corridor I see old Black Mountain holding court And I know the trip is getting short And then there you are so divine The crown on Queen Caroline The Asheville city skyline Old buds, bear hugs Settle in to pick some strings Blue Ridge trees, a Pisgah breeze Ian's hungry and Jacob sings Microphones, a banjo drones A banner head across my knee Makers Mark, gettin' dark Feels mighty fine to finally be CHORUS Then it's said and done with a warm chuckle The sound of a mando case buckle Morning chill, a coffee bill Take to the skies and realize I sure wish that I was still CHORUS |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: cnd Date: 12 Oct 23 - 09:49 AM Gordon Lightfoot's song "Carefree Highway" was written about Arizona State Route 74 (link) |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: crism Date: 12 Oct 23 - 01:55 AM Oh, and Jim Malcolm’s “Road to New York” is about the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: crism Date: 12 Oct 23 - 01:53 AM “Drivin’ on 9” by Ed’s Redeeming Qualities is, despite the Carson City reference, about NH-9 as I understand it (ERQ was formed at UNH.) “There Is a Road (Route 50)” by the great Cincinnati band The Tillers is about US-50 (of course). |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: oldhippie Date: 08 Oct 23 - 10:09 AM Route 666 - Robert Hazard You take route fifty off of route forty-nine Hang a left at the head of the river You tunnel through the woods where they turn pitch black Let the fog roll over your windows Now the eyes in your headlights They might be a deer Or some howling thing running the road You know, somebody could die out here And nobody would ever know C'mon baby, don't let me down Way out here in the sticks There ain't another soul around On Route Six Sixty Six They tell stories about demons that fly through the night On black wings just like eagles They say there's men that do things down here That ain't exactly legal Now I had a buddy and he drove off the road Into a ditch and his truck went down They searched the swamp and towed out his truck But my good buddy was never found C'mon baby, don't let me down Way out here in the sticks Get me over to that interstate Off of Route Six Sixty Six Took a ride in the old Camaro Bald tire on the right front side Should have stuck to the straight and narrow Instead of going on this hell-bent ride There's a house on the lake way back in the woods Where they're practicing some kind of voodoo The kids run around with no clothes on And their little eyes look right through you Now my foot's to the metal But I see the big E shining red on the dashboard light I ain't talked to God for a hundred years But I'm sayin' this prayer tonight C'mon baby, don't let me down Way out here in the sticks I thank heaven for a Seven-Eleven On Route Six Sixty Six C'mon baby, don't let me down Way out here in the sticks Not another livin' soul around On Route Six Sixty Six |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: Donuel Date: 02 Oct 23 - 03:10 PM On the Blue Ridge Parkway |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,paperback Date: 03 Oct 23 - 12:28 AM "Pasadena" Writer(s): Johannes Vandenberg, George Young, David Hemmings Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Where the dirt track meets the highway And there ain't no time at all Just a world movin' forward On a big black motored crawl And the drivers in their Chevrolet's Ain't got no time at all To find no lonely hikers way It's when I wanna say Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Ooh just to find some air that's kind of cleaner Pasadena town is where I'm goin' Why did they cut Beales Rise To stage coach through Newhall For a Mustang pony car To muss up City Hall Now there's a long freeway Where the desert used to be And there's no way that you can hike it Ooh you'll see Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Ooh just to find some air that's kind of cleaner Pasadena town is where I'm goin' Do, do, do, do, do, do do... Do, do, do, do, do, do do... Pasadena town is where I'm goin' There ain't no other town that I call home Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Ooh yeah yeah Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Oh no my car wont start Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena _____ 1939 Arroyo Seco |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,Cnd Date: 29 Sep 23 - 05:34 PM Heard Jason Carter play Highway 52 tonight, the Mike Evans song. I'll add lyrics / post a link later |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: cnd Date: 12 Oct 23 - 09:49 AM Gordon Lightfoot's song "Carefree Highway" was written about Arizona State Route 74 (link) |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: crism Date: 12 Oct 23 - 01:55 AM Oh, and Jim Malcolm’s “Road to New York” is about the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: crism Date: 12 Oct 23 - 01:53 AM “Drivin’ on 9” by Ed’s Redeeming Qualities is, despite the Carson City reference, about NH-9 as I understand it (ERQ was formed at UNH.) “There Is a Road (Route 50)” by the great Cincinnati band The Tillers is about US-50 (of course). |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: oldhippie Date: 08 Oct 23 - 10:09 AM Route 666 - Robert Hazard You take route fifty off of route forty-nine Hang a left at the head of the river You tunnel through the woods where they turn pitch black Let the fog roll over your windows Now the eyes in your headlights They might be a deer Or some howling thing running the road You know, somebody could die out here And nobody would ever know C'mon baby, don't let me down Way out here in the sticks There ain't another soul around On Route Six Sixty Six They tell stories about demons that fly through the night On black wings just like eagles They say there's men that do things down here That ain't exactly legal Now I had a buddy and he drove off the road Into a ditch and his truck went down They searched the swamp and towed out his truck But my good buddy was never found C'mon baby, don't let me down Way out here in the sticks Get me over to that interstate Off of Route Six Sixty Six Took a ride in the old Camaro Bald tire on the right front side Should have stuck to the straight and narrow Instead of going on this hell-bent ride There's a house on the lake way back in the woods Where they're practicing some kind of voodoo The kids run around with no clothes on And their little eyes look right through you Now my foot's to the metal But I see the big E shining red on the dashboard light I ain't talked to God for a hundred years But I'm sayin' this prayer tonight C'mon baby, don't let me down Way out here in the sticks I thank heaven for a Seven-Eleven On Route Six Sixty Six C'mon baby, don't let me down Way out here in the sticks Not another livin' soul around On Route Six Sixty Six |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,paperback Date: 03 Oct 23 - 12:28 AM "Pasadena" Writer(s): Johannes Vandenberg, George Young, David Hemmings Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Where the dirt track meets the highway And there ain't no time at all Just a world movin' forward On a big black motored crawl And the drivers in their Chevrolet's Ain't got no time at all To find no lonely hikers way It's when I wanna say Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Ooh just to find some air that's kind of cleaner Pasadena town is where I'm goin' Why did they cut Beales Rise To stage coach through Newhall For a Mustang pony car To muss up City Hall Now there's a long freeway Where the desert used to be And there's no way that you can hike it Ooh you'll see Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Ooh just to find some air that's kind of cleaner Pasadena town is where I'm goin' Do, do, do, do, do, do do... Do, do, do, do, do, do do... Pasadena town is where I'm goin' There ain't no other town that I call home Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Ooh yeah yeah Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena Oh no my car wont start Ooh it's such a long, long way to Pasadena _____ 1939 Arroyo Seco |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: Donuel Date: 02 Oct 23 - 03:10 PM On the Blue Ridge Parkway |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,Cnd Date: 29 Sep 23 - 05:34 PM Heard Jason Carter play Highway 52 tonight, the Mike Evans song. I'll add lyrics / post a link later |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Date: 24 Aug 23 - 01:47 PM Rereading the thread. Some old, old Tamiami Trail bidness. Joe: The last portion is known as Alligator Alley, which is mostly part of Interstate 75…. Miccosukee Indian Village: 25.7612101, -80.7795198. The East-West leg of the old Tamiami Trail of song and post card was Florida State Highway 41 several miles to the south. It's still there. Alligator Alley, The Big Cypress & Reservation &c &c were all bound up in the usual grand old Florida real estate and eminent domain politics. The tribe retained exclusive concession rights (the tourist traps, gas stations, fast food &c) for the whole stretch of both highways. The eastern portion of the levee on the “Old Trail” is now considered sacred tribal ground by the local folk. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: cnd Date: 24 Aug 23 - 12:51 PM Tyler Childer's song Country Squire makes a reference to US 23, eastern KY's self-appointed "Country Music Highway" (listen) Well tonight, I'm up in Chillicothe Down-wind from the paper mill I’m out here spittin' on the sidewalk Taking in the factory smells Head and nose, she tends to smokin' out the window In the air, that gas pipe leak I wonder if she’s cringing at the same time Thinking pretty thoughts of me I was up for hours this morning Pulling traps before I said goodbye I plan to tan myself a fox hide And hang it on my darling bride 'Cause they tell me that it's gonna be a big one And the snow is settin' in And I don't want her cold while I ain't at home The way that I have been CHORUS Spending my nights in a bar room, Lord Turnin' them songs into two-by-fours Dreaming 'bout the day that I’m sitting by the fire Huddled with my honey in the Country Squire Well tomorrow, we hit the country music highway On our way to Circleville We’re off to do some weekend warring While we sing and drink our fill And when I ain't out playing on my six-string With the nickels I acquire I’m trying to fix her up a castle It's called the Country Squire It's a 24-foot-long vessel That measures eight feet wide It's a 53-year-old camper It’s made to pull behind And I've gutted to the studs and the rafters And I'm building back piece by piece I'm trying to fix her up a temple My Lady of the Estill Springs CHORUS One day, I aim to have myself a family And a cabin on the hill And I might have to come off of the highway To help with the family bills But when the kids have got a little older On the day that I retire I'll take her somewhere warm for the winter Pulling our Country Squire CHORUS |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: Hagman Date: 23 Aug 23 - 04:32 AM [Verse 1] Lord, that 61 Highway, it the longest road I know Lord, that 61 Highway, it the longest road I know She run from New York City, run right by my baby's do' [Verse 2] Well, there some folks said them Greyhound buses don't run Lordy, some folks said them Greyhound buses don't run Lord, just go to West Memphis, baby, look down Highway 61 [Verse 3] I said, please, please see somebody for me I said please, please see somebody for me If you see my baby tell her she's alright with me [Verse 4] Lord, if I should happen a-die, baby before you think my time have come Lord, if I should happen a-die, baby 'fore you think my time have come I want you bury my body down on Highway 61 Mississippi Fred McDowell. "Perfect," wrote Alan Lomax, on first hearing. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,paperback Date: 22 Aug 23 - 11:56 PM Ellis Dolan - I-10 Highway Ellis Dolan - Rock Springs - by Dean Cook, Lon Austin, and Tony Norris - about Arizona State Route 69 |
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Subject: Lyr Add: 13 HIGHWAY (Walter Davis) + THIRTEEN ... From: Jim Dixon Date: 02 Mar 22 - 12:18 PM 13 HIGHWAY (W. Davis) As recorded by Walter Davis on “Walter Davis Vol. 3 1937-1938,” Document Records, 1994. (Originally on Bluebird B-7693-B and Montgomery Ward 7762, both 1938) Lord, I went down Thirteen Highway; I went down in my V8 Fo’d. (2x) It was rainin’ an’ stormin’; Lord, I just couldn't see the road. It was rainin’ an’ stormin’ and the cloud was dark as night. It was rainin’ an’ stormin’, mama, the cloud was dark as night. But if my V8 is gon’ fail me, I swear I’ll make everything all right. I was goin’ sixty miles an hour, all up an’ down those hills. I was goin’ sixty miles an hour, mama, all up an’ down those hills. Sometime I was goin’ so fast, I just could[n’t] control my wheels. Don’t the highway look lonesome, mama, after the sun goes down? (2x) Lord, when you all alone by yourself an’ there ain’t nobody ‘round. THIRTEEN HIGHWAY As recorded by Muddy Waters on “One More Mile: Chess Collectibles, Vol. 1” (1994) I went down Thirteen Highway, drivin' a brand new V8 Ford. (2x) Oh, you know, I was drivin' so fast, baby, I couldn't hardly see the road. Oh, I was drivin' sixty miles an hour, all up and down the hill. Oh, you know, I was drivin' sixty miles an hour, all up and down the hill. Oh, you know, I was speedin' so fast, I couldn't hardly control my wheel. Don't the highway look lonesome, after the sun done gone down? Oh, don't the highway look so lonesome, after the sun done gone down? Oh, you know, you all alone by yourself; there ain't nobody else around. |
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Subject: ADD: 95 South (recorded by Joe Ely) From: GUEST,Guest Date: 25 Feb 22 - 06:18 PM Not seen it mentioned; Joe Ely has '95 South' from his 2003 album 'Streets of Sin' 95 SOUTH 95 South 95 South 95 South from Portland Maine When am I ever gonna see you again 95 South 95 South 95 South tryin to whistle a tune Potholes deeper that the craters on the moon 95 South Well, the longest train that I ever saw Had the front in the summer and the back in the fall I wish I was on that train tonight Rollin in the pale moonlight 95 South 95 South 95 South to Boston town Honey this tunnel is getting me down 95 South 95 South 95 South to the big city lights There's a big empty hole in my heart tonight 95 South Well, the longest train that I ever saw Had the front in the summer and the back in the fall I wish I was on that train tonight Rollin in the pale moonlight 95 South 95 South 95 South off the Jersey Pike Coffee colored Cadillac rollin through the night 95 South 95 South through the Carolina Pines My head is swimming in the honeysuckle vines Well, the longest train that I ever saw Had the front in the summer and the back in the fall I wish I was on that train tonight Rollin in the pale moonlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b92821GwTOQ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: NEW HIGHWAY NO. 51 (Tommy McClennan) From: Jim Dixon Date: 25 Feb 22 - 01:05 PM My transcription from the recording at the Internet Archive: NEW HIGHWAY No. 51 (Tommy McClennan) As recorded by Tommy McClennan on RCA Victor 20-2931-A, 1941.
Highway 51 run right by my baby's do'.
Now, if I should die before my time shall come—
Now, yon' come that Greyhound with his tongue stickin' out on the side. (Yes, yes.)
My baby didn't have one five dollars; now she spent on that V8 Fo'd. (Yes, yes.)
Now, any time you get lonesome an' you wants to have some fun, (Yes, yes.) |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HIGHWAY 99 (Lowel Fulson) From: Jim Dixon Date: 25 Feb 22 - 11:28 AM My transcription from the recording at the Internet Archive: HIGHWAY 99 As recorded by Lowel Fulson and Trio, Down Beat 116-A (1948). Now, there was no fare; I’m broke an’ ain’t got a dime. (2x) My time is up in California; gonna hit Highway Ninety-Nine. When I had plenty money, friends all around my do’. When I had plenty money, nothin’ but friends all ‘round my do’. Now all my money’s gone; I ain’t got no friend no mo’. I’m gonna hit that ol’ highway, and try to catch myself a ride. (2x) Because that’s a long old lonesome road and a man is bound to get very tired. - - - U.S. Route 99 runs from the Canadian border in Blaine, Washington to the Mexican border in Calexico, California. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: cnd Date: 24 Feb 22 - 11:02 PM Jim, here are a few spots I feel I can help. Feedback is welcome. HIGHWAY 101 Have you ever been to Memphis? Seen those Greyhound buses run, (2x) HIGHWAY 59 I’ll just keep on ridin’ until that highway ends |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: reggie miles Date: 24 Feb 22 - 10:09 PM Oops! My bad! Let's try that again. 51 Highway Blues by Reggie miles |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST,pattyClink Date: 24 Feb 22 - 08:29 PM Reggie, both those links lead to Joe Williams himself. Jim, second to last line concerns her 'out at a club on 45' (another M'sippi highway). But the last few words in the song still mysterious, sounds like "see why my doll's alive" but not quite right either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_45_in_Wisconsin -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HIGHWAY 61 BLUES (Gatemouth Moore) From: Jim Dixon Date: 24 Feb 22 - 06:55 PM My transcription from the recording at the Internet Archive. This one was clearer than the last 2 I posted: HIGHWAY 61 BLUES (Moore) As recorded by Gatemouth Moore and the Monty Morrison Trio on King 4178-B (1947) Highway 61 is the longest highway that I know. (2x) Runs past my gal’s house to the Gulf of Mexico. Yes, I love you, baby, better than I do myself. (2x) Yes, when I leave this city, it’s where I go an’ take nobody else. When you see me passin’, hang your head an’ cry. When you see me leavin’, baby, please wave bye an’ bye. Lord knows you a beautiful woman, but still you gotta cry. Yes, baby, bye you bye. Baby, bye you bye. Baby, baby, baby, bye you bye. When you see me leavin’, hang your head and cry. I’m goin' way back home. Goin’ way back home. Goin’ way back home. Goin’ way back home. Highway 61 is the place where I must go. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: reggie miles Date: 24 Feb 22 - 04:51 PM Here's a recent partial capture of my bottleneck slide version of this one, played with my self-made junk/art Nobro resophonic guitar, with harmonica lines and spoken word/storytelling parts. I wish that the whole thing would have been captured but this gives an idea about where I've taken it. 51 Highway Blues |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: reggie miles Date: 24 Feb 22 - 02:13 PM I've always associated the version of 51 Highway Blues that I play with Big Joe Williams. Here's his version called New Highway 51 But my bottleneck slide version is a direct interpretation of my friend Robert One-Man Johnson's bottleneck slide version. I first heard him playing this one bottleneck slide style about 50 years ago and his playing approach heavily influenced my interest in music and early acoustic Blues by artists like Big Joe Williams. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HIGHWAY 59 (Roy Hawkins) From: Jim Dixon Date: 24 Feb 22 - 01:05 PM My transcription from the Internet Archive. Again, there are several doubtful phrases. HIGHWAY 59 (Hawkins) As recorded by Roy Hawkins and His Orchestra on Modern Hollywood 859 (1952) Yeah, I woke up this mornin’ with just one thing on my mind: (2x) To get me a bus down Highway Fifty-Nine. My baby have left me, but she’s still on my mind. (2x) She’s somewhere travelin’ on Highway Fifty-Nine. I’ve got spendin’ money; don’t have many friends. I’ll just keep on ridin’ and say, God, I’ll be in. Roll me outside, yes, keep on singin’ mine. Yes, singin’ my blues out on Highway Fifty-Nine. - - - U.S. Route 59 runs from the Canadian border near Lancaster, Minnesota, to the Mexican border near Laredo, Texas—but I don’t know if this is the highway Hawkins had in mind. Hawkins was born in Texas but his professional life took place mainly in California. There is a California State Route 59 but it seems relatively unimportant. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: Stilly River Sage Date: 24 Feb 22 - 12:40 PM The only highway still labeled 101 is along the edge of the Pacific Coast, but obviously Memphis and New York City are in the east. It could be that a highway was renamed when it was turned into an Interstate route. I seem to remember a description of the highway out of New York City toward the lower Midwest in Kerouac's On The Road. I'll have to look into that (lit, not song, but it is a clue.) The state highways are the ones he would have taken, or federal ones that weren't freeways yet. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HIGHWAY 101 (Jimmy McCracklin) From: Jim Dixon Date: 24 Feb 22 - 12:12 PM My transcription from the recording on the Internet Archive. There are some doubtful phrases: HIGHWAY 101 As recorded by Jimmy McCracklin (with Jimmy Nichols on piano) on Globe 104 (1945) Have you ever been to Memphis? Leave those greenhouse bosses run, (2x) And leave out o’ New York City, right down Highway One-Oh-One. One-Oh-One Highway, the longest highway in the world, (2x) Runs all the way to New York City, and it ain’t got a girl. I’m gon’ make some money, up on Highway One-Oh-One. (yes, yes) (2x) When I find a new still, Lord, we gon’ have some. - - - I don’t know which highway this song refers to. U.S. Route 101 is on the west coast. Several states on the east coast have state and county highways numbered 101, but I don’t see how they could link up to be “the longest highway in the world.” If anyone wants to investigate further, see Wikipedia’s List of highways numbered 101. |
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Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them From: GUEST Date: 24 Feb 22 - 11:16 AM Jim Dixon.....Just by chance you last post was Post No. 66...very apt Tim |
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Subject: Lyr Add: 80 HIGHWAY BLUES (Son Bond[s]) From: Jim Dixon Date: 24 Feb 22 - 11:14 AM My transcription from the recording at the Internet Archive. There are several phrases that don’t make sense and are probably wrong: 80 HIGHWAY BLUES As recorded by Son Bond* on Bluebird B-8927-A (1941) Sittin’ down here thinkin’; yes, babe, I believe I’d better go. (2x) You know I believe I’ll go down that long, long ol’ dusty road. Now that Eighty Highway is the longest highway that I know, (2x) Runnin’ all the way from Frisco, Texas, way ‘cross the Atlantic on that other wider coast [or “watercourse”?]. The church bell begin to tone; yes, some other good gambler’s gone. (2x) You know I wouldn’t hate it so bad, but that Eighty Highway is so long. You women fuss an’ argue with your good man, when you know you don’t do right yourself. (2x) You know when I look for you at night, way down on Eighty Highway with someone else. Yes, and you get in trouble, callin’ on a plowed-out forty-five. (2x) Baby and now I just open up my chifforobe, and you’ll see why my darlin’ loves to die. - - - * “Son Bond” as printed on the record label, but see Wikipedia: Son Bonds. See Wikipedia for a description of U.S. Route 80. |
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