I Dream A Highway Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bearhunter 

Cover art for I Dream A Highway lyrics by Gillian Welch

This is the greatest, most narcotic, hypnotic song I've ever heard. I know what bits of it are about, but overall it has me stumped. The first verse is about Johnny Cash getting thrown out of the Grand Ole Opry for kicking out the footlights during a show, but some of the other references have me bewildered. I've been listening to this song for two eyars over and over again and still it catches me by the heart.