Highway 61
On the Run: Redemption and Reckoning on Highway 61
Lyrics
I got my hands on the wheel
I am in control, driving.
Highway 61
On Highway 61, a significant road symbolizing a journey or path.
I just got out of prison
Recently released from prison.
And now they got me on the run
Now, authorities are pursuing me.
I done ten long years
Served a lengthy ten-year sentence.
Of real hard time
Endured a difficult and challenging period.
Now I got nothin'
Currently, I possess nothing.
I don't have a dime
I am penniless.
No, I don't have a dime
Repeated emphasis on having no money.
No I don't have a dime
-No I don't have a dime
-I don't have a dime
-I got up this morning
Waking up with the sunrise.
With the rising sun
Continuing the journey since the beginning.
I been digging in the walls
Engaging in persistent efforts or struggles.
Ever since day one
Working hard even when lights are out.
And when the lights go out
Awaiting the night.
I'll make my way
Preparing for escape when it's dark.
My buddy's waiting
A friend is ready, and the engine is running.
Engine running Whoa!
Ready to flee.
He's gonna drive me away
Repeated expression of the imminent escape.
He's gonna drive me away
-He's gonna drive me away
-Gonna drive me away
-Got my hands on the wheel
Back behind the wheel on Highway 61.
Highway 61
Reiterating the road of the journey.
90 miles an hour
Driving at a high speed of 90 miles per hour.
Into the setting sun
Heading towards the setting sun, a symbolic direction.
And when the stars come out
As night falls, preparing for a significant event.
And the moon is high
Referencing celestial bodies, suggesting a spiritual or cosmic encounter.
I'm gonna meet my maker
Anticipating a meeting with a higher power.
Tell him that I'm far too young to die
Conveying a feeling of being too young for death.
I'm too young to die
Repetition of being too young to die.
I'm too young to die
-Too young to die
Final emphasis on youth and the desire to live.
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