i m never going back to jackson i couldn t bear to show my face i nearly killed you with my drinking wouldn t be caught dead in that place lonely highway only friend you ve got me to keep you warm again lonely highway don t you cry let me hold you in my arms tonight and as i hurtle down the highway past the factories and the graves i think of all the years i ve wasted i think of all the years i ve saved lonely highway only friend you ve got me to keep you warm again lonely highway don t you cry let me hold you in my arms tonight