Chris Knight - Long Black Highway lyrics

Me and Billy roofers of houses Met at the Louisville union hall It was like I found my long lost brother We drank like fish and worked like dogs Lookin’ back I knew he’d get me in trouble But I didn'’t have too many friends Runnin' up and down that Dixie highway We thought the good times would never end Down that long black highway There's a deep dark hole Down that long black highway There's a lot of things you'll never know We chased women and we chased whiskey From the Gulf up to Ohio Then one night we ran out of money We robbed us an all night Texaco Right in there I guess the friendship ended That’s where the good times fell apart I remember screamin' at Billy You shoulda let that kid alone shoulda drove off in the dark Down that long black highway There's a deep dark hole Down that long black highway There's a lot of things you'll never know Well we pulled off on a back road I thought to think about what we'd done I got out, took a leak and lit a smoke But now im wishin' I had run Cuz billy always was a mean one And he was stoned on out of his head Well I guess he quit shootin' When he thought that I was dead Gone down that long black highway There's a deep dark hole Down that long black highway There's a lot of things you'll never know I woke up sometime around daylight But I didn'’t live long after that I was taken back up to the highway By a ghost he was wearin' a Texaco hat Now me and that kid we haunt that stretch of highway We go see Billy from time to time You know Billy always acted a little bit crazy But now he’'s done gone plumb out of his mind Gone down that long black highway There's a deep dark hole Down that long black highway There's a lot of things you'll never know