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Highway 84

from Songs On Purpose by Jane Fallon

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Highway 84: Written after the Virginia Tech killings, on my way to
pick up my son from college, this is a song of sympathy, personal healing, and thankfulness.

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Highway 84

10 miles from Port Jervis, on Highway 84
Can’t help but remembrin’ that I’ve passed this way before.
I drove a boy out to school and drove him back a man.
I can’t count the many times I’ve seen this stretch of land

Chorus
There are those who’ll say I could have spent my time more wisely;
I could have learned something new to help with my success.
I could’ve given him a car, I could’ve put him on a plane,
I could’ve packed up all his stuff,
I could’ve shipped them both by train.
Instead we folded his long legs and most of his belongings
and filled my white Toyota door to door
and headed out on Highway 84.

2) We spent the time in talking sharing our philosophies
The world would be a better place left up to him and me.
Comfort when I took wrong turns and yelling at the trucks;
Getting stopped by roadwork and cursing our bad luck

Chorus

In Blacksburg, Virginia today they shake their heads
and try to comprehend why 32 are dead.
A mama sent her babe to school and let go of his hand;
to a quiet and protected place to grow and be a man.
Out of his nest and on his own,
So sad the bird that’s barely flown
that’s shot down from the sky and never will fly home.
Yes I might have used that time more wisely.
Done something that was more important I suspect.
But of all the things I’m thankful for, right there on my list,
are those long miles and those short years
I’m glad I didn’t miss.
Filling my Toyota door to door and heading off to college,
Him and me, and highway 84.

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from Songs On Purpose, released November 15, 2016

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Jane Fallon Dunedin, Florida

Award winning songwriter whose literate lyrics are set to melodies in genres that include blues, country, western, fok and pop. Her voice has been called “smooth and mesmerizing” and Indie Music Magazine called her “powerful, inspirational, uplifting, delightful, and impressive . . . one of the good artists in a sea of soulless clutter.” ... more

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