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West Texas Highway

from Crucifixion by John Egenes

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a song for my friend, Townes van Zandt

lyrics

A pencil and paper and a cold cup of coffee
in a little Texas café
lines on the page lost in the distance
memories of yesterday

waitress looking for a ticket to freedom
she’s got a “come on” look in her eye
a road never traveled is a chance never taken
opportunity passing you by

Down a west Texas highway, your life in a song
and you make it all up as you go along

You write down the stories of people around you
the songs that you see in their eyes
you're livin' a two lane blacktop existence
it’s a poor man’s version of paradise

But it’s paradise lost, with liberties taken
and a price that you’ll have to pay
a road musician’s life forsaken
for the chance to spend one more day

On a west Texas highway, your dreams by your side
and the songs that you write along for the ride

and you cast your lot with the traveling kind
searching for something you’ll never find , you’ll never find

It’s all about trying to get where you’re going
and places you don’t want to go
so you find yourself following lines down the highway
out where the bluebonnets grow

On a west Texas highway, with the wind in your hair
and the call of the backroads keeping you there

On a west Texas highway, that’s where you belong
where you can hear the coyote singing your song
he’s singing your song

credits

from Crucifixion, track released February 1, 2006
Alan Anderson: drums
Rob Burns: bass
Tom Healy: electric guitar
Terry Ebeling: harmonica
Anna Bowen: fiddle
John Egenes: guitar, mandolin, dobro

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John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

Download anything you see here for free (you can pay if you want, but you don't have to...) Author, multi- instrumentalist and session musician for countless artists, producer, songwriter, all around likeable guy.

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