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Highway 20 Blues

By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual WarriorPublished 5 months ago 1 min read

[Verse]

She starts in Boston where the harbor gleams

With Cobblestone pathways and Red Sox dreams

Through upstate New York and the Finger Lakes region

I’m heading West toward the Sun on the longest highway in the nation

[Chorus]

Oh, Highway 20, she calls my name

Through the wind...

Through the rain

And through sun filled days

From the east coast to the western shore

It’s a road... It’s my life

It’s my way home

Yes, Highway 20, she calls my name

[Verse 2]

The Maumee flows through Toledo like a river in flames

Filled with steel, blood and dreams

Of men only God can name

Where Mud Hens cheer, hot dogs and buckeyes reside

Highway 20 is the ticket to Ride

[Prechorus]

A diner’s neon sign

flickers low in South Dakota

Serving fried chicken, nlack eyed peas

and Mountain Dew soda

For the locals who call it home

highway 20 is the place to go

[Chorus]

Oh, Highway 20, she calls my name

Through the wind...

Through the rain

And sun filled days

From the eastern coast to the western shore

It’s a road... It’s my life

It’s so much more

Yes, Highway 20, she calls my name

[Bridge]

She passes through Mountains that rise and valleys that fall

Ghost towns that whisper secrets

I can hear it all

When Oregon’s waves finally crash at my feet

My journey ends

But my soul still dreams

[Chorus]

Oh, Highway 20, she calls my name

Through the wind...

Through the rain

And sun filled days

From the eastern coast to the western shore

It’s a road... It’s my life

It’s so much more

Yes, Highway 20, she calls my name

inspirational

About the Creator

Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior

Thank you for reading my work. Feel free to contact me with your thoughts or if you want to chat. [email protected]

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