Highways And Heartaches Lyrics - Ely Joe

Verse 1: 

Leaving California 

She is on my mind 

I left her back in Travis County 

Crying to a clothesline 

Steel guitar on the radio, 

Cuttin' slow and mean 

I brought home the bottle 

She just wanted beans 

Chorus 

Highways and heartaches 

Go together like you and me 

Do you ever think about it 

When the night is sad and lonely. 

Verse 2: 

I wonder if she's watching TV 

Cryin' with soap opera stars 

I wonder if she's seen it in me 

Or if we've gone to far. 

Look at all the lovers, 

Runnin' from their past 

Gassin' up just to get somewhere 

But goin' nowhere fast 

Chorus 

Bridge: 

Do you ever think about it 

When the night is sad and lonely 

Verse 3: 

Runnin' away don't stop the pain 

It just delays the cryin' 

What's left unsaid is better swallowed 

Is covered up with lyin' 

Though the song is over 

I can still hear the steel guitar's 

And though the past is gone for good 

It still helps to swallow hard. 

Chorus