Song Description
Picturing a US soldier in Iraq on the infamous Baghdad Highway (RPG Alley)
| Song Length |
3:00 |
Genre |
Country - Bluegrass |
Lyrics
Baghdad Highway Blues
by Bruce McDermott ©
Chorus
Roll?in down Baghdad highway fast as I can go
It?s a long lonesome highway I can?t deny there?s harm
I wish this was Route 64 and I?m riding home to you
But this landscape?s sure not New Mexico
I miss you so
Verse 1
Seems I?ve been forever waiting for you
But you never saw me, while my love only grew
So what could I do, but pack up and leave
I guess I needed time and a place to grieve
2
I heard you?ve been asked to marry now but that you?re hesitant
Well me I?m in a war now, and I?m a resident
Of places with strange names riding in an Army Humvee
Trying to keep you and yours free
Bridge
Write me a few lines, you decide
Life is too short to stand on my pride
I think of you while I?m shotgun on this ride