Goodbye Highway

from Keeping the Light on - The Best of Gerry Beckley by Gerry Beckley

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In this world of lost horizons 
Where your dreams burn fast 
But your nights go slower 
Ever find that you're compromising 
All your hopes and fears 
Just to get to know her 

So you take a walk down the goodbye highway 
The hello goodbye way 
It's a long long road 
Ever take a stroll down the goodbye highway 
The some other time way 
Try to ease your load 

She was never one for social graces 
And hangin' out with the midnight faces 
Wore me out 
I guess the thoughts of the nights alone 
Or the time waiting for the telephone 
Removed the doubt 

So we took a ride down the goodbye highway 
The hello goodbye way 
It's the longest road 
Soon you're fighting over the yours or my way 
The do or die way's 
The only way you know 

So you stand up for the things that you're losing 
Out on but it's all so confusing 
You hold on, but it slips right through your hands 
Guess it's so long with a change of direction 
Goodbye gotta make my connection 
Solo, as you head on out the door, forever more 

So you take a walk down the goodbye highway 
The hello goodbye way 
It's a one way road 
Ever find yourself down the goodbye highway 
The some other time way 
Nowhere left to go, nowhere left to go

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from Keeping the Light on - The Best of Gerry Beckley, released March 26, 2021
Written by Gerry Beckley, ©1995

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Gerry Beckley Los Angeles, California

Gerry Beckley, co-founder and member of the legendary rock group America for 50 years, is a superb singer/songwriter, and a master of popular composition. Whether as the lead vocalist or in harmony on his group’s classic singles or on solo projects, there’s something in Beckley’s work that skews toward the edge. Nothing exemplifies this better than his latest album–the shimmering Carousel. ... more

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