The Refreshments Highways & Byways song lyrics

All the bright lights in Memphis were a shinin'

As we rode in to town on rainy night

We stopped for a bite at the blues cafe'

But we soon had to be on our way

We had a show down the road in Arkansas

Down there they thought I was some kind of star

They has us playin' all night long

And they danced every song

And some nights the bossman payed my bar

My whole life's been Highways 'n' Byways

Broken dreams of designated skyways

Life's been flashin' by

One day I know I'll die

Somewere on Highways and Byways

I've been up and down these roads since my teens

From Milwaukee down to New Orleans

All I've got is this guitar in my hand

My '74 Chevy and my band

If we'd only had a hit to take us higher

Wish I'd done a song that sat the world on fire

Now we're goin' round the same old places

Seeing the same ol' faces

Drivin' this van with worn out tires

My whole life's been Highways 'n' Byways

Broken dreams of disignated skyways

Life's been flashin' by

One day I know I'll die

Somewere on Highways and Byways

Somewere on Highways and Byways

solo

Now I'm callin' up my daughter just to see

if she'd like to come to hear the boys 'n' me

'Cause tonight we're playin' in our hometown

'n' I'd love it if she'd like to come down

But she tells that she just don't dig our sound

And she hates me for never being around

So tonight just ain't no good time

And she hasn't got a dime

I say you know were I'll be found

My whole life's been Highways 'n' Byways

Broken dreams of designated skyways

Life's been flashin' by

One day I know I'll die

Somewere on Highways and Byways Somewere on Highways and Byways