Testo Route 23 - Chatham County Line
Testo della canzone Route 23 (Chatham County Line), tratta dall'album Route 23
Well I spent my whole life since I was high as a knee
By that two-lane blacktop they call Route 23
My daddy ran a service station and the pumps they did shine
I'd watch him wash the windshields, keep the old look to that line
Well the days they were long but the money was good
The only thing that changed were the
Seasons and the shades of the hoods
'Til the governor came on the radio in late '55
Said the state's gonna build a new highway
One that's fast, smooth and wide
With that new highway no one stops here anymore
And you can't make a living without swinging that door
The sign by the roadside still says come on in
But the bulb's a long since burned out not to light up again
Now daddy was as stubborn as a mule in the snow
He said good folks return to the places that they know
But after the gravel arrived and them steam rollers whined
All those good folks left me and daddy and those two lanes behind
With that new highway no one stops here anymore
And you can't make a living without swinging that door
The sign by the roadside still says come on in
But the bulb's a long since burned out not to light up again
Now the calendar on the wall still reads 1975
No one crossed off the day that my daddy died
We laid him in the ground beneath that old sycamore tree
That shades a boarded-up gas station out on Route 23
With that new highway no one stops here anymore
And you can't make a living without swinging that door
The sign by the roadside still says come on in
But the bulb's a long since burned out not to light up again
Credits
Writer(s): Wayne Hancock
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