I've got the key to the highway

Billed out and bound to go

I'm gonna leave here, runnin'

Because walkin' is most too slow

I'm going back to the border

Where I'm better known

'Cause you haven't done nothin'

But drove a good man away from home

Give me one mo' kiss, mama

Just befo' I go

'Cause when I'm leavin' here

I won't be back no mo'

(harmonica)

When the moon

Peep o'vr the mountain

Honey, I'll be on my way

I'm gonna walk this highway

Until the break of day

Well, it's so-long, so-long, baby

I must say good-bye

I'm gonna roam this highway

Until the day I die.

(harmonica & instrumental to end)

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