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Federal Highway Blues

from Little Town Blues (2015) by Mark Lucas

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She’s got this place she goes to
When the going gets too rough
And it keeps her & it holds her in its sway
Barrelling down the fast lane
With no logic in train
Just the speed of her getaway

She’s travellin’ tonight
With just her dreams & her driving shoes
‘cos she’s lost the will to fight
Those Federal Highway blues

National Highway 23,
Remembrance Driveway if you please
From the Deadly Hume & the Sutton Interchange
It’s just another road from ruin,
Something she needn’t think about doing
Drivin’ out there hard across the plain

She’s travellin’ tonight

You got kangaroos in mobs & skis,
Hang gliders hangin’ on the breeze
Lake George still looks dry as a bone
Wind turbines sing their song alone
Harvest wind & witness stone
And time is just the turning of the leaves

She’s travellin’ tonight

All roads lead to Rome they say,
Well I don’t think this one goes that way
It always seems to lead her back to the end
Maybe something on the wind
More Lady Luck than Mickey Finn
Even a losing streak must play out in the end

She’s travellin’ tonight

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from Little Town Blues (2015), released June 1, 2015

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Mark Lucas Sydney, Australia

Australian roots music – it’s a sense of place. In singer-songwriter Mark Lucas' word picture world you’ll encounter ghosts of the past & yearning spirits of the present, making themselves known in a variety of familiar locales, together with a motley cast of misfits & dreamers who could fit in just about anywhere there’s people & stories to tell. ... more

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