Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Lost Highway Lyrics
I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost,
For a life of sin, I have paid the cost.
When I pass by, all the people say
"Just another guy on the lost highway."
Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
Oh, the day we met, I went astray,
I started rollin' down that lost highway.
I was just a lad, nearly twenty-two,
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you,
And now I'm lost, too late to pray,
Lord, I've paid the cost on the lost highway.
Now, boys, don't start your ramblin' round,
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound.
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that lost highway.
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Lost Highway Comments
Vocal and Guitar: Jimmy Ibbotson
Mandolin: Jeff Hanna
Drums: Les Thompson
Fiddle: Vassar Clements
Dobro: Norman Blake
Bass: Roy Junior Huskey
Banjo: John McEuen
Fred Rose Music, Inc.
Producer: William E. McEuen
Composer: Leon Payne
My favorite version of this amazing song.
Best all round traditional album of all time...
ibby's got the greatest country voice!
great vocals ibby!!
Jimmy Ibbotson sings the heck out of every song he has ever recorded! A singer/songwriter who is a national treasure in my opinion!
Couldn't agree more!
this song is superb!!! Gorgeous!!! Thanks a lot!
Mr. Leon Payne wrote this song. The story is that he was totally blind, in California, when he heard that his mother was very ill in East Texas. He hitchhiked to her, and wrote the song along the way. George Jones made an LP of all Leon Payne songs.
Thanks for info. Just heard tom petty do a great rendition ,he'd heard it that day and fell in love with the song. You know Tom Petty &Heartbreakers toured with Johnny Cash for a year. Please give a listen to Tom's ren of "lost highway "and few of his more rockabilly songs.
Ibby is awesome, but I'm sure he'd tell you there is only one Hank.
singing like hell
Brilliant rendition!
Thanks .. Would love to have this double lp on CD
Thank you for posting. Listened to this as a kid. Great album. Every song a classic.