Rivers and Highways

The River and The Highway

Performed By: Pam Tillis

Written By: Gerry House & Don Schlitz

From the 1995 Album: All Of This Love

"A child of Music City royalty, the daughter of County Music great Mel Tillis, and a former rebel, she was determined to find her own way as a singer and songwriter — and she succeeded. A CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, she has written songs for some of the top singers in and beyond Nashville, including more than a few of her own hits."
http://www.pamtillis.com/

She follows the path of least resistance.

(Barren River - Bowling Green, Ky.)

She doesn't care to see the mountain top.

(View from Tram - Smokey Mountains)

She twists and turns with no regard to distance.

She never comes to a stop.

(Lake Cumberland State Resort Lodge) 

 

And she rolls, she's a river.

Where she goes, time will tell.

Heaven knows, he can't go with her.

(Barren River - May 2010 Flood)

And she rolls, all by herself.

All by herself.

(Ohio River - Cincinnati)

He's headed for a single destination.

He doesn't care what's standing in his path.
He's a line between two points of separation.
He ends just where it says to on the map.

(St. Augustine, Florida)

And he rolls, he's a highway.
Where he goes, time will tell.
Heaven knows, she can't go with him.

(The Road Home - Hwy. 185)

And he rolls, all by himself.
All by himself....

(Hwy. 185 - Bowling Green, Ky.)

And every now and then, he offers her a shoulder.

(Road accross Nolin Dam)

And every now and then, she overflows.

(Green River - Nolin Dam)

And every now and then, a bridge crosses over.


It's a moment that every lover knows.

(Ohio River - Louisville, Ky.)

 

And she rolls (and he rolls)

She's a river (he's a highway)

(Louisville, Ky.)

Where she goes.... (where he goes)

Time will tell.... (Time will tell)

Heaven knows she can't go with him .....(he can't go with her)

(Green River - Mammoth Cave, Ky.)

And she rolls all by herself...

(Ohio River - Cincinnati)

And he rolls all by himself...

(View from Tram - Smokey Mountains)

Fare thee well.

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