[Intro] [acoustic guitar strumming, electric guitar slide riff, drums enter] [Verse 1] [deep female vocals] I keep stumbling down this long road Every turn has led me to another heartbreak And even though my heart keeps picking up the pieces I'm still lost and lonely carrying all that weight Fateful decisions I've made, they haunt my memories In the mirror their faces stand there staring back at me And I just sit here knowing every scar is a battle wound And every tear is another piece of me [Chorus] [vocal harmonies enter, full band] I've been traveling down life's highway Drifting through its twists and turns I feel the deep change in me with every lesson learned But my heart keeps looking for love Even when I close my eyes I tread the road doubtful but hopeful Wearing a brilliant disguise [Verse 2] [acoustic guitar and bass continue, organ swells] Once I was full of small town hope of girlish dreams But as years go by I'm just jaded from all I've seen The fallout from bitter truths and sweet lies, it's a realized thing Just surviving all the chaos that lives in between When I think about the mistakes I could have changed And how they ended up leaving their tattooed stain On my tired and worn out heart, they're to remind me What a dumbass I've been Don't try something like that again [Chorus] [full band, driving rhythm] I've been traveling down life's highway Drifting through its twists and turns I feel the deep change in me with every lesson learned But my heart keeps looking for love Even when I close my eyes I tread the road doubtful but hopeful Wearing a brilliant disguise [Bridge] [electric guitar solo, bluesy slide licks] (Whoa) [Chorus] [vocal harmonies, organ fills] Traveling down life's highway Drifting through its twists and turns I feel the deep change in me with every lesson learned But my heart keeps looking for love Even when I close my eyes I tread the road doubtful but hopeful Wearing a brilliant disguise [Outro] [electric guitar solo continues] Life's highway It leaves me breathless sometimes Driving me out of my mind Taking its own sweet time I'm doing my best to survive Wearing this brilliant disguise (Ooh, life's highway) [extended electric guitar solo, organ pads, fade out]
