Verse 1:
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Leaving California
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She is on my mind
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I left her back in Travis County
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Crying to a clothesline
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Steel guitar on the radio,
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Cuttin' slow and mean
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I brought home the bottle
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She just wanted beans
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Chorus
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Highways and heartaches
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Go together like you and me
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Do you ever think about it
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When the night is sad and lonely.
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Verse 2:
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I wonder if she's watching TV
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Cryin' with soap opera stars
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I wonder if she's seen it in me
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Or if we've gone to far.
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Look at all the lovers,
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Runnin' from their past
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Gassin' up just to get somewhere
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But goin' nowhere fast
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Chorus
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Bridge:
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Do you ever think about it
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When the night is sad and lonely
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Verse 3:
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Runnin' away don't stop the pain
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It just delays the cryin'
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What's left unsaid is better swallowed
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Is covered up with lyin'
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Though the song is over
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I can still hear the steel guitar's
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And though the past is gone for good
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It still helps to swallow hard.
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Chorus
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Highways and Heartaches
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| Ely Joe |
