Highway Girl-Nikki Sudden

[ti:Highway Girl] [ar:Nikki Sudden] [al:Treasure Island] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Highway Girl - Nikki Sudden [00:09.35]Written by : Gordon DownieRobert Baker [00:18.71]All the highways that you've walked [00:21.93] [00:23.23]And all the poets with whom you've talked [00:26.80] [00:27.62]They could never ever corrupt you [00:33.18] [00:36.72]All the highway men you've loved [00:39.80] [00:41.10]They tried to hold you with kid gloves [00:44.88] [00:45.89]You're far so far above any of those [00:51.54] [00:55.23]You always took the highways [00:58.18] [01:00.39]While I walked the low [01:02.57] [01:03.84]Ev'rytime I'd wear the clothes you'd sew [01:09.37] [01:12.75]You went out dancing round the park [01:15.98] [01:17.12]I tried to keep you from the dark [01:20.64] [01:21.65]All the ladies in waiting will wait there for the rest of their lives [01:27.48] [01:48.44]All the countesses and all the queens [01:51.62] [01:53.29]The redheads and rinsed-out blondes [01:56.32] [01:57.28]They're just gonna have gonna have to wait their turn [02:02.59] [02:06.25]'Cause all the dreams I had last year [02:09.58] [02:10.97]They seem to disappeared [02:14.24] [02:15.36]They've vanished with every turn of the page [02:21.06] [02:41.77]All the highways that I've known [02:44.82] [02:46.30]All the girls that must atone [02:49.48] [02:50.51]All the risks I ever took when I was young [02:56.32] [02:59.50]Oh we'll walk round London Town [03:02.86] [03:03.95]By the post-office the pillars and crowns [03:07.65] [03:08.35]Oh I tell you 'cause you were born to be with me [03:13.94] [03:17.60]Oh come on baby blue [03:20.62] [03:22.08]You know this song's for you [03:25.27] [03:26.48]Oh tell me oh tell me it ain't so [03:31.69] [03:35.46]Oh come on baby blue [03:38.08] [03:39.59]You know this one's for you [03:42.80] [03:44.01]And I tell you [03:44.85] [03:45.64]Wouldn't tell your mother or any other [03:49.45] [03:50.38]You know it's true now [03:53.57] [04:10.73]All the postcards that you sent [04:13.71] [04:15.21]Oh God knows where they went [04:18.22] [04:19.55]I found them found them down by Manor House [04:25.03] [04:28.22]And I send you fond regards [04:31.61] [04:32.65]From a friend at Scotland Yard [04:36.15] [04:37.17]Who I caught investigating me [04:42.64] [04:45.95]All the highways that you've walked [04:49.31] [04:50.49]And all the riff-raff with whom you've talked [04:54.00] [04:54.89]They could never never corrupt you [05:00.36] [05:03.86]All the highway men you loved [05:07.13] [05:08.15]They tried to hold you with velvet gloves [05:11.82] [05:12.68]Oh they'll never never give up on you [05:18.43] [05:19.76]Oh baby blue [05:21.95]Oh come on baby blue [05:24.69] [05:26.38]Let's go and switch a few [05:29.45] [05:30.79]Or anything anything that comes our way [05:36.05] [05:39.63]So tell me one more time [05:42.74] [05:43.95]'fore we finish off the wine [05:47.10] [05:48.70]I wrote it so you would know