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This is something a little different. It's something that I first started working on back in the spring driving back home late one night after spending the evening wandering around on Beale Street in Memphis.
Fairly straight forward. Guitars, bass drums, a little rock organ and, a new twist for me, harmonica.
Highway 51 heads south outside of Memphis and, around here, is considered the dividing line of the hill country and the Delta. I'm on the hill side of 51 just a few miles east and have traveled that road many, many times.
Hope you enjoy.
Fairly straight forward. Guitars, bass drums, a little rock organ and, a new twist for me, harmonica.
Highway 51 heads south outside of Memphis and, around here, is considered the dividing line of the hill country and the Delta. I'm on the hill side of 51 just a few miles east and have traveled that road many, many times.
Hope you enjoy.
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Lyrics
Twenty Miles Outside of Memphis
© 2006 Joseph Gurner
Twenty miles outside of Memphis
on Highway 51
Feel the Delta darkness
closing in on me
Twenty miles outside of Memphis
towns fade into the night
the lonely highway hypnotizes
as I’m headin’ south on the run
I don’t know where this road will lead me
but I hope it takes me back home
It’s been too long since I laid down next to you
And felt your love keep me warm
Fourty miles outside of Memphis
rain sweeps across the fields
the static on the radio
pushes the sleep away
Fourty miles outside of Memphis
can’t be far from home
Leave the Delta for the familiar hills of home
hope my car knows the way
I don’t know when this road will ever end
I hope it leads me back home
It’s been too long since I laid down next to you
And felt your love keep me warm
© 2006 Joseph Gurner
Twenty miles outside of Memphis
on Highway 51
Feel the Delta darkness
closing in on me
Twenty miles outside of Memphis
towns fade into the night
the lonely highway hypnotizes
as I’m headin’ south on the run
I don’t know where this road will lead me
but I hope it takes me back home
It’s been too long since I laid down next to you
And felt your love keep me warm
Fourty miles outside of Memphis
rain sweeps across the fields
the static on the radio
pushes the sleep away
Fourty miles outside of Memphis
can’t be far from home
Leave the Delta for the familiar hills of home
hope my car knows the way
I don’t know when this road will ever end
I hope it leads me back home
It’s been too long since I laid down next to you
And felt your love keep me warm
rjamadeus
harmonica sounds a little misplaced at the beginning, cool bass lines
over all i like the song