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Bruce Springsteen – Highway 29 lyrics
I slipped on her shoe, she was a perfect size 7
I said "There's no smokin' in the store ma'am"
She crossed her legs and then
We made some small talk that's where it should have stopped
She slipped me her number, I put it in my pocket
My hand slipped up her skirt, everything slipped my mind
In that little roadhouse
On highway 29
It was a small town bank it was a mess
Well I had a gun you know the rest
Money on the floorboards, shirt was covered in blood
And she was cryin', her and me we headed south
On highway 29

In a little desert motel the air was hot and clean
I slept the sleep of the dead, I didn't dream
I woke in the morning, washed my face in the sink
We headed into the Sierra Madres 'cross the border line
The winter sun shot thru the black trees
I told myself it was all something in her
But as we drove I knew it was something in me
Something that had been comin' for a long time
And something that was here with me now
On highway 29

The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline
She wasn't sayin' nothin', it was just a dream
The wind was coming silent thru the windshield
All I could see was snow, sky and pines
I closed my eyes and was runnin'
I was runnin' then I was flyin'
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Songwriters: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
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    Man meets woman. Needs money to take off with her to. Robs bank, people killed in robbery, he and woman are maybe shot too, but not immediately fatal, if at all. They spend night in little motel and take off in the morning. Police roadblock (?) causes them to crash, both killed - "i closed my eyes and i was runnin' - i was runnin' then i was flying". His soul leaving his body.
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