Southbound Highway (Live) Lyrics

I was cursed to walk this road

Where the river waters flowed

And my feet were full of Mississippi mud

I was bound for New Orleans

Stopped at Memphis in between

And the river water is running through my blood

And I'm riding that highway southbound

With nowhere to go but just down

Swimming to the river's shore

I just grabbed the outstretched oars

And they dragged me safely to the riverbank

Hitched a ride to Baton Rouge

All the while the trouble blew

Down in the deep, deep south land

And I'm riding that river southbound

With nowhere to go but just down

Down in New Orleans at night

On the streets of city light

And the riddle, it became so clear to me

The sinners gamble on this street

Where the lowlifes like to meet

And they're thinking now, the good Lord, he can't see

And I'm riding that highway southbound

With nowhere to go but just down

In the bayou mud I stand

Bid farewell to this here land

And I board the ferry down to Mexico

Time to leave the USA

And the gambler's life today

I'm seeing just how far south I can go

And I'm riding that gulf stream southbound

With nowhere to go but just down

Let them bluesy records play

Let them take my pain away

Oh baby, let the good times roll

We're going to let the music ring

Sway and let the music swing

Because that music has got a lot of soul

And I'm riding that highway southbound

With nowhere to go but just down

Well my baby left me there

Standing in the country air

At the station down in New Orleans

She left me standing in that place

Traveling through both time and space

In the city of the lost and broken dreams

And I'm riding that highway southbound

With nowhere to go but just down