Lost Highway Saloon

Intro chords: On a dark, deserted highway in the southwest Texas hills I grew tired of the journey and the rollin' of the wheels So I pulled off to the roadside there beneath the midnight moon By flashing neon remnants that read The Lost Highway Saloon I walked into the rundown ruins time had left around the bend An old man in a worn out hat smiled and said come in I dropped a nickel in the jukebox while the old man drew my beer And I let the sound of the music drown the road noise from my ears Chorus 1: Hank Williams sang a sad one as I sat back down again Then I heard a host of other ghostly voices joining in There's was Ernest, Webb and Lefty in an old familiar tune Playin' on the haunted jukebox at the Lost Highway Saloon There were people all around me where there was no one before And the clicking of their boot heels rambled thru the old dance floor The room was filled with laughter, Bob Wills fiddle played Tommy Duncan sang and the Texas Playboys played the night away Chorus 2: I listened to the songs I knew and a few I'd never heard As my heroes sang for me that night, I hung on every word I could smell the whiskey on Hank's breath and Patsy Cline's perfume All around the haunted jukebox at the Lost Highway Saloon (Spoken) Then the music softly fade, the laughter slowly died And the old man tipped his hat to me as I bid him goodnight He said you've come a long way, son, then he called me by my name And he said you've still got a long way to go and no two journey's ever end the same Chorus 3: Many times I've rode that highway lookin' for that place again But there's only hills and open fields and soon the highway ends I guess our time is like that open road and our lives are merely tunes Playin' on the haunted jukebox at the Lost Highway Saloon Tag: So if you see that light some lonely night, stop in and hear the tunes Playin' on the haunted jukebox at the Lost Highway Saloon