Lyrics

Baby, well I know it’s hard
When I have to leave for so long
But the highway is calling my name
And that long lonesome road that I have take.

I keep a picture of you on the dash
And I look at it at every exit I pass
Well I’m sorry that I make you live this way
But I was born with a guitar and I just have to play

Chorus
Sweet Darlin’
Don’t cry for me those sweet eyes
For I’m riding these highways
Thinking of you tonight

Oh Sweet Darlin’
It’ll be months that I’ll be gone
But soon enough
I’ll hold you again in these arms

Well I hate to think of how you must feel
As I watch your image shrink in the mirror
As I ride through the darkness, the rain and the wind
My mind keeps drifting back to you again

The blur of headlights burn in my brain
The grinding gears remind me of your pain
Under my wheels that cold asphalt moans
But I know that this white line eventually leads home

Chorus
Sweet Darlin’
Don’t cry for me those sweet eyes
For I’m riding these highways
Thinking of you tonight

Oh Sweet Darlin’
It’ll be months that I’ll be gone
But soon enough
I’ll hold you again in these arms
Sweet Darlin’