New Highway

Dave Alvin



(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music)











Well I'm leavin' this mornin' baby



Gonna ride that new highway



Yeah I'm leavin' this mornin' baby



Gonna ride that new highway



And the more you cry the more you gonna drive me away.







I ain't got no family



Ain't got no wife or no child



I ain't got no family



Ain't got no wife, no child



Ain't got no religion, I'm just out here runnin' wild.







Well a rich man's got money



And a poor man's only got his soul



Yeah rich man's got the money baby



Poor boy only got his soul



But I got this new highway and I don't care where I go.







Well this new highway baby



Takes me from town to town



Yeah this new highway baby



Takes me from town to town



Where some sweet angel always lets me lay down.







Well my Kansas woman's got



Skin as white as snow



Yeah my Kansas City baby's got



Skin as white as snow



But my Deep Ellum woman's got hair as black as coal.







Well your lovers will leave you baby



Good friends will come and go



Yeah your lovers will leave you baby



Good friends come and go



But this new highway's the best friend I've ever known.







Now the gold sun's settin' baby



Silver moon on the rise



Yeah the gold sun's settin' baby



Silver moon on the rise



Gonna ride this highway ÔÇ˙til the day I die.