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“Highway Miles” Joe Eddie – studio draft take 3

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Howdy y’all, working in the song shed these days, building up some new material .. missin you all so wanted to send out a letter .. hope you like this one, we’ll put it in the drawer and see what else is out there … keep in touch y’all, thanks for listening — Joe Eddie

I’m rollin’ down another black diamond highway
Another two-lane back road brings me ’round
Another round of white lines, keep on drivin’
Thinkin’ ’bout you back in our hometown

Been gone so long this truckstop feels like home, babe
Knowin’ strangers just by how we’re all alone
Flesh and blood needs a soft touch to keep it warm, love
If left too long, the heart turns cold as stone

And how long have I been gone?
And the road just keeps drivin’ on

I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Missin’ you all the while
The only way back to you
Is to keep on pushin’ through
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles

Sun gone down so long ago I don’t remember
Flashin’ white lines hypnotize my mind
No more pills to satisfy my ills, Lord
Driftin’ through the concrete seas of time

Another round of white lines, I keep chasin’
Gas station coffee keeps me high
Smoke a cigarette, now my heart’s racin’
Flashin’ hazzards dance before my eyes

And how long have I been gone?
And the road just keeps windin’ on

I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Missin’ you all the while
The only way back to you
Is to keep on pushin’ through
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles

Surgeon General’s warning says it’s hazardous to breath
I’d have another cigarette but, Lord, I can’t see
She comes to me softly, times of trouble over me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be, let it be

And how long have I been gone?
And the road just keeps windin’ on

I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Missin’ you all the while
The only way back to you
Is to keep on pushin’ through
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles

I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
Lookin’ for Porter Wagoner on the dial
The only way back to you
Is to keep on pushin’ through
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
So I’m puttin’ on them highway miles
I’m puttin’ on another hundred thousand highway miles

SONG DRAFT: Goodbye Pretty Mama (This Dog Ain’t No Hound)

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I’m gonna take those shoes I bought you
Put yo’ feet on the ground, put you’ feet on the ground

I’m gonna leave you just like I found you
All out and down, all out and down

So goodbye, pretty mama
This dog ain’t no hound,
This dog ain’t no hound

You ain’t been sweet to me, my darlin’
Lord in seventeen years, Lord in seventeen years

My heart done turn cold as stone, pretty mama
Ain’t got no more tears, I ain’t got no more tears

So goodbye, pretty mama
This dog ain’t no hound,
This dog ain’t no hound

I ain’t gon’ buy you nothin’ else
When I go to town, when I go to town

You gonna be all by yourself
I won’t wear no frown, I won’t wear a frown

So goodbye, pretty mama
This dog ain’t no hound,
This dog ain’t no hound

VIDEO TRIBUTE: Tom Petty – Wildflowers – Joe Eddie cover

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Man, one of my songwriting idols, resting in peace … I grew up listening to Tom Petty, reminds me of runnin’ with my best friends in the high school days … beautiful, simple songs … I think he owns the F-C-Am-G chord progression forever with Learning To Fly .. there are a lot like that .. The Apartment Song is still one of my favorite songs to play on guitar when I don’t know what to do. Thanks Tom, love from above — Joe Eddie