Willie Nelson - The Highway lyrics

I drove in on the four lane Where the two lane used to be The highway hummed a near forgotten tune From 1963 The year I turned 18 and set my sights And heard the highway call Now the highway's come full circle To a place I scarce recall There's a girl I still remember Whose name I can't recall I gave her what I had, but then She tried to take it all I stayed long enough to love her And then left her on the run Like a flower left to wither In that deep East Texas sun There's a place out on the highway Where I go to spend my time Where the bartenders all know me And the players are friends of mine And we light up on the brakes And talk of things that we all know But I've heard it all before And I'll hear it all again And I've heard it said The highway never ends So what about old handsome Johnny And the cla** of '64? Did the women all make promises When they shipped him off to war? Did his mama get the medal And did his country ever win? Well, let's drink a round to Johnny ‘Cuz he died for all our sins. They're still down there in the factories You can see ‘em in the mills They've sweated there for years, Lord I guess they always will. And you know they won't be leaving And I can't watch ‘em die that way So in my rear view mirror I'll just watch them slip away There's a place out on the highway Where I go to spend my time Where the bartenders all know me And the players are friends of mine And we light up on the brakes And talk of things that we all know But I've heard it all before And I'll hear it all again And I've heard it said The highway never ends The highway never ends The highway never ends