There's a tavern up on the roadside
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I must be coming into town
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The moon must be in Aries
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Because the truck ain't slowing down
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Pulled back on the throttle
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I've been doing that all day
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Looking ahead for a right-hand turn
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To carry me away
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There's times for understanding
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It don't seem like one of those
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The times are too demanding
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When you're hanging by your nose
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So why don't you just get out of here
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And leave me here to pray
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That one of these mornings the sun's going to rise
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And carry me away
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CHORUS:
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Carry me over the highway
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Carry me over the sky
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Carry me over the lonliness
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That I'm feeling here tonight
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You know I'm feeling just like a riptide
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And I'm feeling a little scared
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A twisted maze of old highways
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Nobody has repaired
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It ain't nothing that can't be handled
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Like an actor in a play
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Who becomes enraged, jumps from the stage
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And gets a little carried away
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Now all of your highways
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Don't mean much to me no more
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I've been on all of your highway roads
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Of that you can be sure
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But I still get lost on all of them roads
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I can't seems to find my way
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I know there's one out there somewhere
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To carry me away
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CHORUS
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Carry Me Over
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| Arlo Guthrie |
