Williams, Lucinda - The Ghosts Of Highway 20 Lyrics

I lived on highway 20 just west of Sisters from 1987-1999. What a tragic thing that happened there. Sad that it took so long to convict the guy.

So sad ,the cops did not believe the girl who was the only one survived. So many lives gone by the hand of evil.

Yes you must have seen the documentary from John Acroyd serialkiller on Highawy 20 Oregon, than you get it

Jou this song fits

Perfect song and voice. Makes me cry. My heart truly aches for the brother left behind who felt he should've done more to protect his sister. Honey you were a child yourself. There's no blame on your part. I wish I knew the words to comfort you. I know how much my 2 sons love their sister. Please don't let this take you down. You deserve good things in this life. You know your sis wouldn't want you to be sad. God Bless You.

Heartbreaking. This is so good I want and spent money on the album and so glad i did.

It's such a haunting song, & a fitting tribute to all the lost souls, of a terrible serialkiller named J. Ackroyd. . God bless & keep 'em safe..❤

She has a unique vocal that adds so much impact to this folk song. I watched the entire documentary this song was played to. It saddened me that so much hate and carelessness existed against the guy's first victim and the only survivor. All that bigotry clouded the judgement of law enforcement. I lay the deaths of all those subsequent victims DIRECTLY at the feet of the police whose racism blinded their sense of justice.

Hey Lucinda! the phrase "a plenty" rhymes with Highway 20. I kept waiting for it to appear...lol. I'm not making light of anything at all. I've watched and read much on Ackroyd and am disgusted. I'm a lyricist and I simply made a lyrical connection that might seem cheesy to you, but there you have it.

Not in oregon. twenty sounds like TWUNNY there.

i was watching this documentary and heard this voice like gravel beneath the wheels of a car yet soft and sweet like melted candy. couldnt sleep last night until i put a face with it. Lucinda Williams. wow. this woman is one of the last of the real folk and country music singers. before the days of pop country. if you dont like country, i implore you to look up some of her music. she is a force like none other. if anything, her words will move you. haunting and beautiful

Never forget seeing her perform this song live from just a few feet away. Mesmerizing.

So haunting. Beautiful.

I was just watching the documentary, the ghosts of highway 20 and I heard a clip of this song and I stopped the doc straight away to look this song up because my god it gave me chills, I'm from England so I'd never heard of lucinda Williams but I'm glad I have now, what an amazing voice and a great poet

same for me

Same here I live in the fens UK. I have the album now thank you Amazon.

The same i have done too. As i was watching the ghoast documentary i stopped too, to hear the song and continue. Im from Germany

songs are only believable when sung from the heart.... Lucinda reaches in and grabs your soul

Very heartfel; song fit 100%, good job beautiful lady. 👏👏

Haunting.

This song is so fitting to the documentary of Ghost of Highway 20. This all took place in Oregon on highway 20. A very sad 5 episodes. RIP to all the women and girls that lost their lives to one horrible man...
Lucinda words and voice give this documentary the tone it needs. Great voice, Lucinda.

My name is Edward not Connie I worked for odot summer work I worked for painting crew we painted roads highway 22 Salem to Santiam pass at the junction is where region 2 ends picks up highway 20 all the way to Newport. 1994 we painted to the junction worked out of odot yard where leave paint truck, paint we drive pickups back to the valley. Summer at the junction was a skeleton crew. The paint crew would work out of junction winter some with families some alone for 3 months running snow plows most of these guys knew the guy they took me up a forest road not far from the junction you could look out for a ways they said the guy said he loved it up there, they find him there a lot, they said don't know what he'd liked about it, but they could find him there a lot. The story was creepy

I agree Susan,also watched same documentary,it's one of the best documentarys i watched in my life.Very sad and dark story,and drone footage covered with Lucinda's voice,dark oregon forest at night in a snow would haunt you in a sleep,together with the images of victims,scary af.

The documentary is what made me look for this song just now.

such a devastating doc. This song captures the sadness perfectly

I live just off Highway 20 in Florida.

I've listened to a few of Lucinda's songs over and over. So glad I started listening to all of her songs.

She's like no other...

always amazing

A amazing Lady

Can Listen To this Prolific Artist All The Day Long~~

And all night.

Pure pleasure... I just love that Voice! Those lyrics! Love it!

Jacob Kleofas yes I agree