Heartbreak Highway (guitar/voice mix)

I met a little gal
in Baton Rouge
long blond hair
and alligator tattoo
she said she loved me
and that we should
settle down
but when I come home
she'd already left town

Now I shake and shimmy
shimmy and sway
got the pedal
to the metal
on the heartbreak highway
shake and shimmy
shimmy and sway
got the pedal
to the metal
on the heartbreak highway

Heartbreak highway
Heartbreak highway
there's no detour
around the pain
there's no off ramp

Then I met a looker
in Mobile
statuesque
with curb appeal
it was true love
from dusk to dawn
but when she
left the motel
my wallet was gone

Now I shake and shimmy
shimmy and sway
got the pedal to the metal
on the heartbreak highway
shake and shimmy
shimmy and sway
got the pedal to the metal
on the heartbreak highway

Heartbreak highway
heartbreak highway
there's no detour
around the pain
there's no off ramp
no passin' lane

Now Tallahassee
is a mighty fine town
them Seminole gals
is all around
but I never could find
the right one for me
'tween the undergraduates
and divorcees

Now I shake and shimmy
shimmy and sway
got the pedal to the metal
on the heartbreak highway
shake and shimmy
shimmy and sway
got the pedal to the metal
on the heartbreak highway

Heartbreak highway
Heartbreak highway
there's no detour
around the pain
there's no off ramp
no passin' lane

Solo

Heartbreak Highway
Heartbreak Highway
shake and shimmy
and a shimmy and sway

Now here I am
in Jacksonville
in a saloon alone
with time to kill
when right up to me
come the gal of my dreams
says "your my kinda man
and you're leavin' with me"

So I shake and shimmy
shimmy and sway
got the pedal to the metal
on the heartbreak highway
shake and shimmy
shimmy and sway
got the pedal to the metal
on the heartbreak highway

Heartbreak highway
heartbreak highway
there's no detour
around the pain
there's no off ramp
no passin' lane
Heartbreak highway
heartbreak highway
there's no detour
around the pain
there's no off ramp
no passin' lane

- inspired by the life
and times of Dr. B. Howley