Son Volt - Afterglow 61 lyrics

US highway from north to south It's history breathing Get out from under the gun Drive down Highway 61 Hannibal's son saw the Gold Rush Saw the civil war done Then settled down some On Highway 61 There's no reason to feel downhearted There's music in the wheels it's there to be found Goodnight Irene inside the prison walls k**ed a man and lived to sing about it all Stella 12 on Highway 61 The immigrant son left the mining town Electrified the traditional And had it out on Highway 61