Carefree Highway Lyrics
I wonder how the old folks are tonight
Her name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her face
She left me not knowin' what to do
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied
With knowin' I got no one left to blame
Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Searchin' through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep
I wonder if the years have closed her mind
I guess it must be wanderlust or tryin' to get free
From the good old faithful feelin' we once knew
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
This song should be one of the top 500 ever written. It is a great song about innocence lost. He once rode on the 'carefree highway' of life with this girl. Well, it turns out life isn't so carefree. He's wondering what life's highway is bringing her and if she ever thinks about their time together in a simpler more carefree time.
Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away Slip away on you
Sentimental lyrics about childhood memories.
Oh man, just one comment? Awesome song, one of my all-time favorites.
Every time I hear this great song I want to get drunk while reminiscing. I say top 100 ever written, joining Sundown & If You Could Read My Mind.
Exactly, Nosmas [cept I don't drink]
Exactly, Nosmas [cept I don't drink]
so the lyrics are pretty obvious, but i had to comment because i love gordon lightfoot:
he hits the road thinking about a relationship that went bad. it's obviously something that happened a long time ago ("I wonder if the years have closed her mind") but feels like it was just yesterday ("The mornin' after blues") and as a result it still haunts him.
great great song,music just isnt like this anymore!
I was thinking the same exact thing....I saw him in 1978 and he ended the concert (after his curtain call) with this song.....It runs through my mind a lot...I can still hear it in my head like it was yesterday. Fabulous song.
I was thinking the same exact thing....I saw him in 1978 and he ended the concert (after his curtain call) with this song.....It runs through my mind a lot...I can still hear it in my head like it was yesterday. Fabulous song.
Ugh..story of my life right now haha
what a great song, so melancholy and full of regret....
what a great song, so melancholy and full of regret....
to me this song is about a man who is lamenting the loss of his love (ann) years ago because he cheated on her.... the morning after he realizes that he just ruined the relationship;
to me this song is about a man who is lamenting the loss of his love (ann) years ago because he cheated on her.... the morning after he realizes that he just ruined the relationship;
"she left me not knowing what to do"; it is she that doesn't know what to do about his infidelity, so she left him (as opposed to him not knowing what to do..)
"she left me not knowing what to do"; it is she that doesn't know what to do about his infidelity, so she left him (as opposed to him not knowing what to do..)
"knowing i got no one else to blame" obviously he knows it was his fault
"knowing i got no one else to blame" obviously he knows it was his fault
"the morning after...
"the morning after blues" caused by his cheating
"the good old faithful feeling we once knew" that can't be regained
Just so powerfully poignant; never fails the tears flow when I read those lyrics;
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The needless loss that cant be regained,
and no one else left to blame.
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Could someone add the copyright date? ty.
One of my favorite lines of all time: "Searchin' through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep"....................... Wow.....I had a similar experience with a woman I once was close to.....I could not see her face. Finally found a photo of her....but like Gord said: "I'll be damned if I recall her face"........isn't that weird?
This is a pretty clear-cut song about a long ago love, and regret that he let it slip away. What I find fascinating are the brief words that imply what's occurred in his life since Ann slipped away: "now the thing that I call living is just being satisfied with knowing I got no one left to blame'. Disillusionment with life and alienation from others, due to his always blaming others for his problems. Now he's alone and "has no one left to blame".
This is what I hear: I think Lightfoot is saying that he took the Carefree Highway by cheating on Ann - that's why he has "the morning after blues from my head down to my shoes". And the Carefree Highway left him not knowin what to do. He wants her to forget about his mistake: "Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best I wonder if she'll ever do the same"