61 Highway

Lord, that 61

Highway is the longest road

I knowLord, that 61

Highway may be the longest road

I knowShe run from

New York City, down the

Gulf of Mexico

Lord, it's some poor sand down,

Greyhound buses don't run

Lord, it's some poor sand down,

Greyhound buses don't run

Just go to work with me baby, look down

Highway 61

I said, "Please, please see somebody for me"

I said, "Please, please see somebody for me"

If you see my baby, tell her she's alright with me

I'm gonna buy me a pony can, pay for fox-trot and run

I'm gonna buy me a pony can, pay for fox-trot and run

Lord, when you see me comin', pretty

Mama, I'll be on

Highway 61

I started school one

Monday mornin',

Lord, I throwed my books away

I started school one

Monday mornin', baby,

I throwed my books away

I wrote a note to my teacher,

Lord, I'm gonna try 61 today

Lord, if I have to die, baby, fo' you think my time have come

Lord, if I have to die, baby now, fo' you think my time have come

I want you to bury my body, out on

Highway 61

Lord, it's amazin', baby,

Lord, don't want you to have no fun

It's amazin', baby, don't want you to have no fun

Just come down to my little cabin, out on

Highway 61