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sittin in the kitchen, with my back against the wall i was waiting for my baby but my baby didn't call
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suddenly there came a stranger knocking on my door, he told me there had been a 
wreck out on highway 54

she was with another man that's what the stranger said,
 i asked if she survived it but he slowly shook his head
they were on their way to the other side of town, 
they tried to beat a freight train and the freight train ran em down
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highway 54 took my love away from me, 
i knew she didn't want me but i could not set her free
she was with another like so many times before. 
she paid the price of runnin round out on highway 54

yeah run her down brother

many sleepless nights have passed my broken heart since then
the man that she was running with once was my best friend
all the dreams that i had that fill my mind no more
cause they died with her that tragic night out on highway 54

highway 54 took my love away form me, 
i knew she didn't want me but i could not set her free
she was with another like so many times before. 
she paid the price of runnin round out on highway 54
yeah she paid the price of cheatin me out on highway 54


this thing never puts the chords where i put them so you can hear where they go.