James Taylor Highway Song HQ with Lyrics in Description

Track 12 from his third album “Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon” released in 1971 copyright Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded at Crystal Sound Studios in Los Angeles and was his third produced by Peter Asher. This was the follow-up to his breakthrough album “Sweet Baby James” and his cover of Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend” became his only No. 1 hit on the Billboard chart. The album received above average reviews and reached No. 17 in Norway, No. 12 in Australia, No. 4 in Canada and the U.K. and No. 2 in the U.S. It’s been certified 2X Platinum in the U.S. Written by James Taylor and produced by Peter Asher. RIP John Hartford, Andrew Love & Wayne Jackson. Featuring:

James Taylor – Lead vocals, acoustic guitars & background vocals, piano on “Places in My Past” & “Highway Song”
Special Guests:
Danny Kortchmar – Lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars & congas
Carole King – Piano & background vocals
The Memphis Horns:
Wayne Jackson – Trumpet
Andrew Love – Tenor sax
Leland Sklar – Bass
Russ Kunkel – Drums, congas, cowbell, cabasa & tambourine
Kevin Kelly – Accordion on “Places in My Past” & piano on “Let Me Ride”
John Hartford – Banjo on “Riding on a Railroad”
Richard Greene – Violin on “Riding on a Railroad”
Peter Asher – Tambourine & background vocals
Joni Mitchell – Background vocals
Kate Taylor – Background vocals
Gale Haness – Background vocals

Father, let us build a boat and sail away
There’s nothin’ for you here
And brother, let us throw our lot out upon the sea
It’s been done before

I’m thinkin’ about a broken heart, I’m talkin’ ’bout the break of dawn
You love me while I’m here and you can miss me when I’m gone
Sweet misunderstanding, won’t you leave a poor boy alone?
I’m the one-eyed seed of a tumbleweed in the belly of a rollin’ stone

Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah
Back on the road again

I had a little woman in Memphis, she wanted to be my bride
She said “Settle on down, travelin’ man, you can stay right by my side”
I tried so hard to please her but I couldn’t hold out too long
‘Cause one Saturday night I was layin’ in bed and I heard that highway song

Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah
Back on the road again

Now one of these days that highway song will lose its appeal to me
I’m gonna settle on down like a natural-born man, I’m gonna live my life naturally (free and easy)
Until that day the thunder’s gonna roll and I notice there’s a sign of rain
So I grabbed my bags and I packed my clothes and I’m back on the road again

Back on the (highway, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Back on the road again

I’m thinkin’ ’bout a broken heart, I been talkin’ ’bout the break of dawn
You love me while I’m here and you can miss me when I’m gone
And I said (”Sweet misunderstandin’) won’t you leave a poor boy alone”
‘Cause I’m the one-eyed seed of a tumbleweed in the belly of a rollin’ stone

Back on the highway, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Back on the road again

Here I am again, Holiday Inn, same old four walls again
Gee, but it’s fine to be back home again, whoa, now
Said, Holiday Inn, I’m on the road again

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