Doc Watson - Highway Of Sorrow Lyrics

Doc Watson Lyrics

"Highway Of Sorrow"

Down the highway of sorrow
I'm traveling alone
I've lost all my true friends
And I lost a happy home
I'm headed for destruction
I'm on the wrong track
Down the highway of sorrow
There's no turning back

Once I had a darling wife
She was kind, true, and sweet
Out home, it was happy
And life was so complete
But I fell for another
Who led my heart astray
Now I must live in sorrow till my dying day

Down the highway of sorrow
I'm traveling alone
I've lost all my true friends
And I lost a happy home
I'm headed for destruction
I'm on the wrong track
Down the highway of sorrow
There's no turning back

I went back to my darling
And got down on my knees
The then I begged her through my tears
To give my poor heart ease
But she was hurt too deeply
That she could not forgive
My life will be a sorrow
For as long as I live

Down the highway of sorrow
I'm traveling alone
I've lost all my true friends
And I lost a happy home
I'm headed for destruction
I'm on the wrong track
Down the highway of sorrow
There's no turning back

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Writer(s): Bill Monroe, Pete Pyle

album: "Riding The Midnight Train" (1986)

Doc Watson - Riding The Midnight Train album cover

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"Highway Of Sorrow" lyrics

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