Lost Highway Saloon Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Bush
Lost Highway Saloon
Recorded by Johnny Bush
Written by Brian Burns
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On a dark deserted highway in
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the southwest Texas hills
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I grew tired of the journey and the
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rollin' of the wheels
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pulled off to the roadside there be
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neath the midnight moon
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flashing neon
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remnants that read The
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Lost Highway
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Saloon
I walked into the rundown ruins time had
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left around the bend
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old man in a worn out hat
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smiled and said come in
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nickel in the jukebox while the
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old man drew my beer
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let the sound of the music drown the
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road noise from my
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ears
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Williams sang a
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sad one as I
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sat back down a
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gain
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heard a host of
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other ghostly
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voices joining
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in
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s Ernest Webb an
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d Lefty in a
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n old familia
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r
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™ on the haunte
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d jukebox at th
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e Lost Hi
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ghway
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Saloon
There were people all around me where
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there was no one before
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clicking of their boot heels rambled
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through the old dance floor
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filled with smoke and laughter
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Bob Wills fiddle
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played
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Duncan sang and the Texas Playboys
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played the night
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away
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listened to the
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songs I knew and a
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few I'd neve
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my heroes sang for
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me that night I
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hung on every
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word
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smell the whiskey
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on Hank's breat
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h and Patsy Cline
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perfume
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around the haunted
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jukebox at the
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Lost
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way
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loon
Spoken:
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slowly
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old man tipped his hat to me as I bid him
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goodnight
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said you've come a long way son then h
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e called me by m
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said you've still got
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a long way t
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no two journey'
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s ever end the same
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times I've rode tha
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t highway lookin
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' for that pl
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ace
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there's only hills an
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d open fields an
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d soon the highwa
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time is like that
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open road and
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our lives are merely
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Saloon
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see that light some
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lonely
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Saloon
FAQ
Who sang the the song Lost Highway Saloon?
- The song Lost Highway Saloon was sang by Johnny Bush.
Who is Johnny Bush?
- John Bush Shinn III (February 17, 1935 - October 16, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Nicknamed the "Country Caruso", Bush was best known for his distinctive voice and for writing the song "Whiskey River", a top 10 hit for himself which also became the signature song of fellow country artist Willie Nelson. He was especially popular in his native Texas.
