Heartbreak Highway from Road Dogs by Bobby McKinney Music

“Heartbreak Highway” is a raw, emotionally charged journey down a metaphorical road where lost love, regret, and memory collide. With vivid storytelling, Bobby McKinney captures the haunting stillness of the open road—a place where broken hearts go to outrun the past, and where the weight of memory presses harder than the pedal.
From whiskey angels in roadside cantinas to engines howling into the night, this song paints the picture of desperate freedom—of souls driven to chase ghosts in the dark. It's part Muscle Shoals, part outlaw Americana, and all heart.

Tracklist

1.	Heartbreak Highway	3:40

Lyrics

“Heartbreak Highway”
by Bobby McKinney 05/18/2025 (Macon Music Publishing)BMI

[verse 1]
I smell gasoline, and hear the engines moan
It's a place, most feel lost and alone
Where wild heartaches, go to run
Chasing ghost, till the morning sun

[chorus]
It's where nothing holds you back
Drive, till the wheels are coming off the track
A heart and a memory fight for the last say
Strung out and lost, blind to the cost
On a heartbreak, on a heartbreak highway

[verse 2]
A roadside cantina appears, an oasis in the night
Whiskey angels and Bar prophets labor, in the neon light
Acting like strangers, but we've all been here before
All outcast souls, stumbling through that door

[chorus]
It's where nothing holds you back
Drive, till the wheels are coming off the track
A heart and a memory fight for the last say
Strung out and lost, blind to the cost
On a heartbreak, on a heartbreak highway

[bridge]
A foolish heart, it will race
A hard charger right out of the gate
It's stone deaf in a wide open place
Even when something whispers, slow down and wait

[chorus]
It's where nothing holds you back
Drive, till the wheels are coming off the track
A heart and a memory fight for the last say
Strung out and lost , blind to the cost
On a heartbreak, on a heartbreak highway

Credits

from Road Dogs, released May 20, 2025
Written and produced by Bobby McKinney

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