From the recording Other Songs
Lyrics
Well it used to be the main road before the interstate went in
And people driving cross the land would drive thru here back then
They’d come in past the fairgrounds and by the Tastee Freeze
And make their way downtown beneath a canopy of trees
The only traffic light for miles and miles around
Was on this highway running thru my town
You could hear the big trucks hissing when they hit the brakes and then
They rumbled as they idled, and then they’d roar away again
On Friday night my friends and I’d go cruising on the strip
We’d honk and shout each other’s names, man we’d just let her rip
And in the wind sometimes I still can hear the sound
Of this highway running thru my town
Just an ordinary crossroads, but riding in those cars
Might be gangsters from the city or big time movie stars
Could be the Queen of England or a king from Tupelo
Or some unknown soul who’d change the world in ways you couldn’t know
Don’t it make you wonder who you might have found
On this highway running thru my town
This highway running thru my town