Sunrise From The Highway
Aaron Cain
©2002

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he said since 1957
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things haven't really changed
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the sun it's still shining
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and the clouds, they still rain
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people keep on a-movin'
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doing the best they can
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i've been on the road
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bein' a truck drivin' man

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a sunrise from the highway
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is the prettiest thing in life
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kept me from settling down
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and having kids and a wife
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the nights can be lonely
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but the dawn is my saving grace
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a sunrise from the highway
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always puts a smile on my face

he said he first saw heaven
on a run from texas to maine
spent most the night drivin'
fightin' through the wind and rain
but by the morning light
the world, it was brand new
and from that point on
he'd found what he was meant to do

a sunrise from the highway
is the prettiest thing in life
kept me from settling down
and having kids and a wife
the nights can be lonely
but the dawn is my saving grace
a sunrise from the highway
always puts a smile on my face

he said he'd touched love
when he fell for a truckstop queen
found her up in michigan
but he lost her in new orleans
said he felt so heartbroke
almost flooded I-10 with his cryin'
but all those tears dried up
when he saw the morning's horizon

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he said life is simple
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it's all in what you choose to be
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happiness isn't the same for all
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but if you ask me...

a sunrise from the highway
is the prettiest thing in life
kept me from settling down
and having kids and a wife
the nights can be lonely
but the dawn is my saving grace
a sunrise from the highway
always puts a smile on my face