Highway Robbery Song Lyrics and Chords by Tanya Tucker
Highway Robbery
Recorded by Tanya Tucker
Written by Chuck Jones, Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro
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Okay officer I admit it I was
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speedin'
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before you write me up let me tell you the
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reason
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I wasn't tryin' to outrun run you
I was
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chasin' a guy with eyes of blue
Who
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committed a crime back about a mile or
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two
I was cruisin' along when he pulled up out of
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nowhere
He was
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hotter than the Jag he drove and just one lane
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over
He
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aimed those angel eyes at me
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smiled like we were meant to be
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Oh he stole my heart from a movin' car
It was
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high
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way
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robbery
He
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grabbed my heart and took off on the
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run
It was
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high
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way
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robbery
He ought to do time in my
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arms for
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what he's
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done
So hey officer how 'bout you under
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standin'
Won't you
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turn that blue light on and help me catch that
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bandit
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He's got something that belongs to T
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I can't let him get away scot-free
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Oh it's only right that he's mine tonight
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He ought to do time in my
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arms for
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what he's
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done
FAQ
Who sang the the song Highway Robbery?
- The song Highway Robbery was sang by Tanya Tucker.
Who is Tanya Tucker?
- Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of top-10 and top-40 hits.
She has had several successful albums, several Country Music Association award nominations, and hit songs such as 1973's "What's Your Mama's Name?" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down", 1975's "Lizzie and the Rainman", 1988's "Strong Enough to Bend", and 1992's "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane". Tucker's 2019 album While I'm Livin' won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and "Bring My Flowers Now" from that same album won Tucker a shared songwriting Grammy for Best Country Song.
