"Carefree Highway" was the second single released from Gordon Lightfoot's 1974 album, "Sundown." The song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart in October 1974.
Lyrics and Chords:
(D) (C) (G) (Asus4) (A)
(D) Picking up the (A) pieces of my (F#) sweet shattered (Bm) dream (A)
I (G) wonder how the (D) old folks are to(Asus4)night (A)
Her (D) name was Ann and (A) I'll be damned if (F#) I recall her (Bm) face
(G) She left me not (A) knowing what to (D) do
Carefree (C) highway, (G) let me (A) slip away on (D) you
Carefree (C) highway, (G) you seen (A) better days
The (Bm) morning after (A) blues from my (G) head down (G/F#) to my (Esus4) shoes (E)
(D) Carefree (C) highway, (G) let me (Asus4) slip away, (A) slip away on (D) you
(C) (G) (A) (D) (C) (G) (Asus4) (A)
Turning back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call living is just being satisfied
With knowing I got no one left to blame
Carefree highway, got to see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The morning after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you
Searching through the fragments of my dream shattered sleep
I wonder if the years have closed her mind
I guess it must be wanderlust or trying to get free
From the good old faithful feeling we once knew
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The morning after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you
Let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, got to see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The morning after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you
Although the song takes it's name from Arizona State Route 74 north of Phoenix, the video includes images along highways and byways in western Canada. Hope you enjoy it! :)
