Gordon Lightfoot
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Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream
I wonder how the old folks are tonight
Her name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her face
She left me not knowin' what to do
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied
With knowin' I got no one left to blame
Carefree highway, I got to see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Searchin' through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep
I wonder if the years have closed her mind
I guess it must be wanderlust or tryin' to get free
From the good old faithful feelin' we once knew
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you seen the better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, I got to see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
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Carefree Highway Lyrics as written by Gordon Lightfoot
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This song should be one of the top 500 ever written. It is a great song about innocence lost. He once rode on the 'carefree highway' of life with this girl. Well, it turns out life isn't so carefree. He's wondering what life's highway is bringing her and if she ever thinks about their time together in a simpler more carefree time.
Carefree highway, you seen better daysThe mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoesCarefree highway, let me slip awaySlip away on you
Sentimental lyrics about childhood memories.
Freedom Loveron April 20, 2007Link
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Oh man, just one comment? Awesome song, one of my all-time favorites.
TallCoolOneon March 25, 2007Link
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Every time I hear this great song I want to get drunk while reminiscing. I say top 100 ever written, joining Sundown & If You Could Read My Mind.
nosmaSon May 30, 2007Link
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so the lyrics are pretty obvious, but i had to comment because i love gordon lightfoot:
he hits the road thinking about a relationship that went bad. it's obviously something that happened a long time ago ("I wonder if the years have closed her mind") but feels like it was just yesterday ("The mornin' after blues") and as a result it still haunts him.
count_floydon April 11, 2006Link
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great great song,music just isnt like this anymore!
oilyon July 01, 2007Link
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Ugh..story of my life right now haha
danman21on August 19, 2009Link
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Just so powerfully poignant; never fails the tears flow when I read those lyrics;
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The needless loss that cant be regained,
and no one else left to blame.
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Could someone add the copyright date? ty.
MinisterOTruthon October 01, 2013Link
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One of my favorite lines of all time: "Searchin' through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep".......................Wow.....I had a similar experience with a woman I once was close to.....I could not see her face. Finally found a photo of her....but like Gord said: "I'll be damned if I recall her face"........isn't that weird?
barrylamaron October 14, 2013Link
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This is what I hear: I think Lightfoot is saying that he took the Carefree Highway by cheating on Ann - that's why he has "the morning after blues from my head down to my shoes". And the Carefree Highway left him not knowin what to do. He wants her to forget about his mistake: "Turnin' back the pages to the times I love bestI wonder if she'll ever do the same"
maplesugaron September 18, 2015Link
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Lightfoot wrote this song as he was approaching 40 years old. Right off he mentions the old folks. His mother recognized his talent as a young child. Ann was his grandmother who had worried about his chosen career.
BSSRon September 19, 2019Link
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