Written by Houston Marchman
Bm D SHE WAS JUST ANOTHER HIGHWAY GIRL, I WAS LOST OUT ON THE ROAD. Em G WE WERE BOTH TO FAR FROM HOME THAT NIGHT, TOO COLD TO SLEEP ALONE. Bm D YEA THE INTERSTATES ALL SHUT DOWN, AND THE WEATHER'S MOVIN IN Em G PASSION FOUND THAT HOTEL BED AND WE LAY DOWN WITH THE HOWLIN WIND, Bm ..HOWLIN WINDTHEY WERE WAY TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT ROOM DAYLIGHT ROLLED ACROSS MY FACE, I REALIZED ALL TOO SOON SHE DID NOT LEAVE A NAME, SHE DID NOT LEAVE A NOTE MAN THE ONLY THING SHE LEFT BEHIND IS THIS LUMP DOWN IN MY THROAT. .....DOWN IN MY THROAT CHORUS LORD, I'VE BEEN A MILLION MILES AND I NEVER SEEN HER AGAIN I'M LIKE A SOLDIER WITH NO ARMY, LIKE AMARILLO WITHOUT THE WIND. ALL THE THINGS I'VE EVER TRIED, SHE'S THE HARDEST THING I'VE KNOWN NOTHINGS QUITE SO LONESOME THAN TO BE IN LOVE ALONE..LOVE ALONE CHORUS SO EVERY TIME I CROSS THOSE OLD BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE SKY'S COLD AND GREY I CAN STILL SEE HER STANDING THERE ON THAT FROZEN INTERSTATE I REMEMBER ALL THE LOVE WE MADE IN THAT WORN OUT HOLIDAY INN THE SCENT OF A WOMAN AND THE SCENT OF THE HOWLIN WIND..HOWLIN WIND CHORUSD A AND THE HIGHWAY BLINDS YOUR HEART TO THE WHEEL THAT YOU KEEP PUSHIN Em G Em Bm AIN'T IT HELL TO FIND A LOVE, WHEN YOU AIN'T LOOKIN