On Highway 51 Lyrics

The sun was soft and gentle

As the winter changed to spring

I looked ahead to summer

And the joy that it would bring

When everything I'd done to date

Would bring its own reward

But suddenly the news they gave

Pierced me like a sword.

Before I know what's happening

It's time to say goodbye

With jumbled up emotions

It would be easier to cry

I hear the boatman calling

Just around the bend

If time is really endless

Why do all things have to end?

The truck was in the driveway

And I let the horses fly

Out on Highway 51

My whole life passed me by

I chased the sunlit evening

Until Venus came in view

The west was tinged with colours

There was nothing left to do

But follow Highway 51

The throttle to the floor

Listening to a Dylan track

As I knocked on heaven's door.

I knocked, knocked, knocked on Heaven's door

I knocked, knocked, knocked on Heaven's door