sittin in the kitchen with my back against the wall i was waitin for my baby but my baby didn t call suddenly there came a stranger knockin on my door he told me there had been a wreck out on highway 54 she was with another man is what the stranger said i asked if she d survived it but he slowly shook his head they were on their way to the other side of town they tried to beat a freight train and the freight train ran em down chorus highway 54 took my love away from me i knew she didn t want me but i could not set her free she was with another like so many times before she paid the price of runnin round out on highway 54 many sleepless nights have passed my broken heart since then the man that she was runnin with once was my best friend all the dreams that i had they fill my mind no more cause they died with her that tragic night out on highway 54 