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Weary Old Highway Lyrics by Jim Hurst

From the Ground Up

2022

[Verse 1]
You'd think after years of just giving it all
While playing your heart out and no curtain call
After large fame and fortune just passes on by
You'd think any rounder would kiss it goodbye
But a few days at home and I'm back in the grind
Dead broke and ornery, half out of my mind
'Til a call comes in from some old slick I once knew
So I pack up my guitar and shine up my shoes
[Chorus]
On a lonesome old highway and a weary old road
My two-lane companion shoulders the load
Won't you take me right back where I come from before
Weary old highway
Take me back, take me down home oncе more
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
It's not for the money whеn it's never quite there
Or packing it up in the cold midnight air
It's not for the glamour of living alone
In a thousand cheap hotels we get to call home
But it's call time at Sharkey's on a Saturday night
When the air is electric and the music is tight
It's choosing a pathway that's always been there
With a good-tuned guitar, I've made it, I swear
[Chorus]
On a lonesome old highway and a weary old road
My two-lane companion shoulders the load
Won't you take me right back where I come from before
Weary old highway
Take me back, take me down home once more
On a lonesome old highway and a weary old road
My two-lane companion shoulders the load
Won't you take me right back where I come from before
Weary old highway
Take me back, take me down home once more
[Outro]
Weary old highway (Highway)
Weary old highway (Highway)
Weary old highway
Credits
Jim Hurst

Jim Hurst

About “Weary Old Highway” by Jim Hurst

Read the complete lyrics to "Weary Old Highway" by Jim Hurst from the album "From the Ground Up" in 2022. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Folk, Bluegrass, Country.

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"Weary Old Highway" is credited to Jim Hurst. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Weary Old Highway" appears on "From the Ground Up" in 2022.

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