I DROVE UP
FROM A RIVER TOWN
IT WAS LATE
SEPTEMBER
EARLY OCTOBER
THOUGHT MAYBE
I COULD CLEAR
MY MIND
AND SEE THE LEAVES
TURN RED
A TUNE'S UP
AND THE WINDOW
DOWN
ON THE SKYLINE DRIVE
WHEN SHE FLAGGED ME
OVER
HALLELUJAH
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
MORNING
WERE THE FIRST WORDS
THAT SHE SAID
HER EYES WERE BLUE
AS THE SKY
ON A PERFECT
BLUE RIDGE DAY
SHE SAID
I COULD USE A LIFT
IF YOU'RE GOING
MY WAY
AND I WAS
I WAS HEADED SOUTH
I WAS HEADED OUT
HEADED NOWHERE
OR ANYWHERE
WE WANTED TO GO
THE ROAD
STRETCHED OUT
IN FRONT OF US
SHE WAS READY
TO RUN IT
JUST LIKE I WAS
TOLD ME
SHE WAS TWENTY-TWO
SHE'D JUST
BROKEN OUT OF
WILLIAM AND MARY
ANOTHER SUMMER
UNDER DADDY'S ROOF
WAS ALL THAT SHE
COULD DO
HER BOYFRIEND
SHE CUT HIM LOOSE
TOO COLD FOR
A WEDDING IN JANUARY
SHE SAID
THAT'S ENOUGH
ABOUT ME
NOW TELL ME
ABOUT YOU
I RAMBLED ON
ABOUT BROKEN HEARTS
AND STAYIN' TOO LONG
SHE SAID I'M SORRY
BUT YOU WERE RIGHT
TO MOVE ON AND I WAS
I WAS HEADED SOUTH
I WAS HEADED OUT
HEADED NOWHERE
OR ANYWHERE
WE WANTED TO GO
THE ROAD
IT STRETCHED OUT
IN FRONT OF US
SHE WAS READY
TO RUN IT
JUST LIKE I WAS
4 BAR
BREAK
AIN'T IT FUNNY HOW
EVERYTHING HINGES
ON A TWIST OF FATE
SHE HELD MY HAND
AND SAID
AREN'T YOU AMAZED
AND I WAS
I WAS HEADED SOUTH
I WAS HEADED OUT
HEADED NOWHERE
OR ANYWHERE
WE WANTED TO GO
AND THE ROAD
IT STRETCHED OUT
IN FRONT OF US
SHE WAS READY
TO RUN IT
JUST LIKE I WAS
OH OH