Dave Alvin
(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI, Administered by Bug Music)
Well Iâm leavinâ this morninâ baby
Gonna ride that new highway
Yeah Iâm leavinâ this morninâ baby
Gonna ride that new highway
And the more you cry the more you gonna drive me away.
I ainât got no family
Ainât got no wife or no child
I ainât got no family
Ainât got no wife, no child
Ainât got no religion, Iâm just out here runninâ wild.
Well a rich manâs got money
And a poor manâs only got his soul
Yeah rich manâs got the money baby
Poor boy only got his soul
But I got this new highway and I donât 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 womanâs got
Skin as white as snow
Yeah my Kansas City babyâs got
Skin as white as snow
But my Deep Ellum womanâs 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 highwayâs the best friend Iâve ever known.
Now the gold sunâs settinâ baby
Silver moon on the rise
Yeah the gold sunâs settinâ baby
Silver moon on the rise
Gonna ride this highway âtil the day I die.