The Desert Strangers - Southbound Highway Lyrics

I was cursed to walk this road
Where the river waters flowed
And my feet were full of Mississippi mud
I was bound for New Orleans
Stopped at Memphis in between
And the river water is running through my blood
And I'm riding that highway southbound
With nowhere to go but just down
Swimming to the river's shore
I just grabbed the outstretched oars
And they dragged me safely to the riverbank
Hitched a ride to Baton Rouge
All the while the trouble brewed
Down in the deep, deep south land
And I'm riding that river southbound
With nowhere to go but just down
Down in New Orleans at night
On the streets of city light
And the riddle, it became so clear to me
The sinners gamble on this street
Where the lowlifes like to meet
And they're thinking now, the good Lord, he can't see
And I'm riding that highway southbound
With nowhere to go but just down
In the bayou mud I stand
Bid farewell to this here land
And I board the ferry down to Mexico
Time to leave the USA
And the gambler's life today
I'm seeing just how far south I can go
And I'm riding that gulf stream southbound
With nowhere to go but just down
Let the bluesy records play
Let them take my pain away
Oh baby, let the good times roll
We're going to let the music ring
Sway and let the music swing
Because that music has got a lot of soul
And I'm riding that highway southbound
With nowhere to go but just down.
Well my baby left me there
Standing in the country air
At the station down in New Orleans
She left me standing in that place
Traveling through both time and space
In the city of the lost and broken dreams
And I'm riding that highway southbound
With nowhere to go but just down