The Highway

Album: I Knew You When (2017)
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  • It takes a window into your conscience
    It takes a hard look into your soul
    It takes a ton of faith
    To push the doubt away
    And reestablish full control
    In a world of phony prophets
    In a sea of plain conceit
    Fight the wind and waves through
    The fog and haze
    Until the good earth's under your feet

    You'll never know until you try
    If you can reach beyond the sky

    I'm packin' up my gear
    I'm gettin' out of here
    Up where the air is clear
    Headin' for the highway
    Headin' for the highway
    I need to turn the wheel
    Away from every deal
    Until I find what's real
    Headin' for the highway
    Headin' for the highway

    I have lived among the missing
    I have walked around asleep
    I've been written off
    I've been sold and bought
    I have stared into the deep
    There's a price for every promise
    Every dream we victimize
    A creative fate that you can't escape
    Is the dreaded compromise

    So much depends on what we say
    When everyone gets in our way

    I need to break the chains
    I need to take the reins
    And make a major change
    Headin' for the highway
    Headin' for the highway
    I need to find the line
    Between who's left behind
    And who takes too much time
    Headin' for the highway
    Headin' for the highway
    I'm packin' up my gear
    I'm gettin' out of here
    Up where the air is clear
    Headin' for the highway
    Headin' for the highway
    I need to turn the wheel
    Away from every deal
    Till I can find what's real
    Headin' for the highway
    Headin' for the highway

    Headin' for the highway
    Headin' for the highway
    Headin' for the highway Writer/s: BOB SEGER
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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