Highway 51 from LOVELAND by John Pinetree & The Yellin' Degenerates
Blues. Co-written with Eric Thompson during the week of Juneteenth 2020 after watching yet another indignity to black and brown folks, we couldn't stay quiet. We simply needed to say that we see it, we hear you, we love you, and we want to break the systems, turn the tables of power towards equality and try to find a path towards healing.
Tracklist
| 3. | Highway 51 | 5:17 |
Lyrics
Highway 51
Rolls right through our town
Highway 51
Rolls right through our town
Got us just one stop sign
It’s high time we all slow down
Miles of asphalt
Stained like red red wine
Miles of asphalt
Stained like red red wine
Light out on the horizon
Remember the darkness we left behind
Can’t drown hope
Down in New Orleans
Can’t kill love
In Memphis Tennessee
Get your knee off the neck of my people
They just tryin’ to breathe free
Brown eyed girl
Your turn to take the wheel
Brown eyed girl
It’s your turn to take the wheel
Been driving all night in circles
Take us somewhere we can heal
(Repeat)
Credits
Written and arranged by Eric Thompson and John "Pinetree" Paynich. Additional arrangement by Charlotte Paynich. Eric Thompson: guitar, Bill Ray: drums, Michael David Marcus: double bass, John Paynich: percussion, harmonica, vocals. Bertha the Buick: additional field recording percussion. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dylan Fant at One Shot Studios.
