New Lee Highway Blues

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All through northern Oregon
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Al-ways at my - side
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Sleep-ing in those - narrow beds
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And then we'd - ride


[Verse 2]
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Drink-ing in those - dirty bars
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Keep - ing out of - sight
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Sleep - ing in that - cold back seat
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And then we'd - ride


[Bridge]
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You know that - damn road seemed like it went for - ever
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Ex - haust fumes made our eyes turn red and - swell
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With our - clothes stuck to the seat and to our - bodies
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It was the - stinking summer trip thorough southern - hell


[Verse 3]
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Eat - ing carbonated - crap
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Churn - ing up in - side
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Gas soaked - Service Station - Johns
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And then we'd - ride


[Verse 4]
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Sil - ence in the - front - seat
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Trying not - to start a - fight
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Qui - et have hid - crying
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And then we'd - ride


[Bridge]
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You know you can - grow to hate these crummy little one horse - towns
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With the - seamy movie houses long - closed down
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No - where to go from here but up or - down that road
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Noth - ing over there but the same damned - town


[Verse 5]
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Ano - ther sour cof - fee cup
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One more - piece of cardboard - pie
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Buy a tooth - brush and a - change of clothes
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And then we'd - ride