Keep on Driving

Keep on Driving
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A soft breeze rolls across the highway line
Engine hums a lonesome lullaby

I was driving out of Memphis before the break of day
Made a lefthand turn at a big old oak tree, I was free and on my way
My future was in black and white, my past in shades of gray
I couldn't stay another day with you, I had to get away

From sundown to sun rising, I just kept on driving
My wandering soul finding watering holes, on whisky I's surviving
Left a lot of bags behind me, some friendly and some not
Hoping to make new memories and find some good ones I forgot

Just a few bucks, eating at taco trucks
Staring at maps that never lead to much

Oh, thoughts of you, someone new I don't know who
But I'd really like to know
The road don't ask no questions, it just lets me go
So I just keep on driving 'cause I got no place to go

Gas station coffee, heartache on the dial
Dusty towns with names that made me smile
A waitress called me "darlin'" in a voice that healed a bit
She said, Sometimes moving on is the best place you can sit

I ain't chasing dreams, I'm outrunning ghosts
Trading heartaches for highways and prayers for hope
You were a chapter I had to let fade
Now I ride the lines I never thought I'd brave

Then the sun came up on this little town
Gas station, corner store, not much else around
Just the kind of town you'd pass on through
I was cruising on then I saw you

An old torn shirt, a pair of worn out jeans
The prettiest sight I'd ever seen
I know that I found paradise
'Cause I can see it in your eyes

Keep on driving
But now I know where to go
Keep on rolling
Found a heart that feels like home

Highways led me here somehow
And I ain't driving lonely now