Last Lost Highway

By Kevin Welch
 What have you done, sonny, what have you done
 You broke our hearts, one by one
 I'm as angry as they come
 But I know I must accept it
 Well, my children cried when they heard the news
 I held them each and I cried, too
 Well, you only did what you had to do
 I should have known to expect it
 You were on your last, lost highway
 And there were no turnarounds
 You were on your last, lost highway
 You were lost but now you're found
 Well, I've been having this dream night after night
 You and me in the campfire light
 Just a couple of hobos high as a kite
 And I can hear the songs you're singing
 Spider John and Angel Band
 Oh, the Train to Birmingham
 Well I guess by now I understand
 The bells for you were ringing
 It was your last, lost highway
 And there were no turnarounds
 You were on your last, lost highway
 You were lost but now you're found
 Sing us a song, sonny, sing us a tune
 Just the way you used to do
 Elvis, sing us a song, sonny, sing us the moon
 All we've got left are echoes
 It was your last, lost highway
 You couldn't turn that rig around
 You were on your last, lost highway
 You were lost but now you're found
 - a tribute to Pat Long, d. April 2003