Classic Country Lyrics: "Lost Highway" von Leon Payne

Viele halten diesen Song für ein Ori-
ginal von Hank Williams, da er beson-
ders gut dessen Lebensstil widergab,
dabei war Hanks Version dieses Titels
lediglich ein Cover. Das Original war
von Leon Payne, einem blinden Musi-
ker, Sänger und Songschreiber, der mit
Hank allerdings etwas gemeinsam hatte:
den Alkoholismus und einen damit ver-
bundenen zu frühen Tod.

I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost,
For a life of sin, I have paid the cost. 
When I pass by, all the people say
"Just another guy on the lost highway."

Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies make a life like mine. 
Oh, the day we met, I went astray, 
I started rollin' down that lost highway.

I was just a lad, nearly twenty-two, 
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you, 
And now I'm lost, too late to pray, 
Lord, I've paid the cost on the lost highway.

Now, boys, don't start your ramblin' round, 
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound. 
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that lost highwa