Dave Gunning - The New Highway lyrics

My father came to Westville and helped to build the town They damn near broke their backs, trying to break the ground But some dreams are not for catching, they seldom ever stay They run like a river of our tears Down the new highway My mother was a tailor, she fashioned all my clothes I wore those burlap britches down a dozen dusty roads She pa**ed away in '69, Thank God before the day She didn't have to watch our dreams go Down the new highway Now the mainstreet's dark and silent Not a shadow or a sound But midnight brings the spirits out From the coal mines in the ground In my dreams they all come back again The good folks of the day They're all trying to save they life they knew from going Down the new highway My brother was a mill-wright, he helped to build my home But the work ran out as did my wife, and now I'm all alone Without a steady income, I couldn't ask for her to stay So I sent my love and my two young kids Down the new highway I remember Freddy Landsburg at the farm beside the road He'd wave to every pasing car, he never was alone But the 4 lane left him breathless as it took his view away Now his spirit haunts the old roadside where it meets The new highway All things come to pa**, you see it everywhere you turn It's just a big race to the finish line, I hope someday we'll learn But some dreams are not for catching, they seldom ever stay They run like a river of our tears Down the new highway Some dreams are not for catching, they seldom ever stay They run like a river of our tears Down the new highway Down the new highway Down the new highway Down the new highway