I'm on a highway
I take a mental picture
Of the place I want.
Now it's living in me.

On a highway
Thinking of the one who
I left alone and hoping
I don't know how I'm coping

On a highway
I let the bad things taunt
Or do they want to haunt me?
I do not know how they find me

On a highway
I watch the singing driver
On the speaker phone ?
He mouths the words he should sing

On a highway
Some pretty lilly passenger
Her toes against the window
What happened to the tunes then

On a highway
I know they are not moving
Moved by conversation
I'll pretend I know what they say

On a highway
Can't sit around expending
I work against the window
That's great you called ?

On a highway
The woman calls me lucky
For all the places I stay
Its hard for me not say

Ah can't breath
Ah can't breath
Ah can't breath
Oh

On a highway
Hypnotized by sun strokes
Passing by some dead bones
Flowers for the dead grow

On a highway
There are some workers pissing
Its starts my bladder itching
Can I wait for the exit?

On a highway
The leaves are green forever
I let some hash relax me
Get lost in human pleasure

On a highway
I'm sick from too much reading
Jealous of Noah's dreaming
Can't help my brain from thinking

Ah can't breath
Ah can't breath
Ah can't breath
Oh


Lyrics submitted by silentprophet, edited by highwaystrip

On a Highway Lyrics as written by David Portner Brian Weitz

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    This is a great song to listen to on a highway.

    bcase2000on December 29, 2009   Link

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