Highway Kid

Five hundred thousand, I can't count 'em

Miles on the road

From the hills of South Carolina to the California coast

Coming out of Texas where the armadillos roam

Can't stay long from the biggest skies that I've ever known

Head west to Arizona, northeast to the Hudson Bay

I've got family in that Windy City looking for a free place to stay

The mountains of Colorado, and those hills in Tennessee

A red carpet made of asphalt rolling out in front of me

I'm the highway kid

Doing what my heroes did

And I'm on my way through the USA

My voice knows how to love someone

My foot knows how to drive

My heart lies with my girl at home

I'll be back by summertime

Well, Terry, Allen, Willis, and Townes

Will keep me company

Roads worn down by lesser men

Stained by the lines they sing

I'm the highway kid

Doing what my heroes did

And I'm on my way through the USA

I'm the highway kid

Doing what my heroes did

And I'm on my way through the USA