Highway Blues
Savoy Brown Lyrics


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Kim Simmonds-Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Standing by the highway
Looking for a ride
Standing by the highway
Looking for a ride
Sad out on the streets you know
The only friend the blues by my side
Wait a second hour
Seems like forty days
Wait a second hour
Seems like forty days
People passing by and stare
The looks they gave makes you send me in my grave

Hitch-hike on the highway
I ain't no one to fear
Hitch-hike on the highway
I ain't no one to fear




Headed for the open road
Pack on back, I'm doing what I can

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Savoy Brown's song "Highway Blues" depicts the struggles of a man who is standing by the highway and desperately seeking a ride, as he is sad and dejected being out on the streets, all alone. The blues is his only friend. The long wait to catch a ride seems to last for an eternity as the hours feel like days, and people who pass by just stare at him, giving him looks that make him wish for death. The urge to escape from his current situation is palpable, and he decides to hitch-hike on the highway, he is not afraid of what may come his way, and he hopes to find an escape on the open road, carrying nothing but a backpack.


The song's meaning is not explicitly clear, but it speaks of a common theme that has been persistent in rock and blues music throughout the ages, which is the search for freedom and the escape from pain, heartaches, and the turmoil of life through the open road. It is a tale of a man who is down on his luck, lost and alone, and the only chance he has is to hitch a ride and move on to a new place, hoping to find solace in the freedom of the open road.


Line by Line Meaning

Standing by the highway
I am waiting beside the road


Looking for a ride
I am searching for someone to give me a lift


Sad out on the streets you know
I feel unhappy while being outside


The only friend the blues by my side
I only have my sorrows for company


Wait a second hour
One hour feels like an eternity


Seems like forty days
Time seems to move very slowly


People passing by and stare
Strangers walk by and glance at me


The looks they gave makes you send me in my grave
The way they look at me is so bad that it could kill me


Hitch-hike on the highway
I am attempting to catch a ride from passing vehicles


I ain't no one to fear
I am not a scary or dangerous person


Headed for the open road
I am headed towards an unknown destination


Pack on back, I'm doing what I can
I am carrying everything I have and trying to survive on my own




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Kim Simmonds

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Comments from YouTube:

rundoetx

I saw these guys a lot back in the day, seems them or Humble Pie opened for everyone on tour at the time. Great band.

william leyva

Saw them in El Paso, TX when I was 14 years old with my 9 year old brother. Stan Webb jumped the stage with a super long guitar cable to jam in from on us on the floor for his solo on "My Love's Lying Down". I was hooked on guitar and have earned degrees in music from TX and AZ.

Scott Peters

Someone threw out two crates of vinyls.. I always go through vinyls and listen to them digitally so I know if they're worth keeping.. this one is in fact, a keeper

Eric Slind

melted a set of ESS Heil speakers with this song, at least the mylar tweeters

Tapio Ristilä

What is the Year that song is made and LP ?

gymbo88

The album 'Boogie Brothers' Savoy Brown around 1975.

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