[Intro]
C Am
C Am G
[Verse 1]
C
I grew where I was planted
C
But I never felt at home
F
My head was filled with questions
C
And my feet they long to roam
C
My arms reached out like branches
C Am
But my heart just couldn't stay
C
I left the moment that I could
G C Am G F
a prisoner of the highway
[Verse 2]
C
I passed by farms and trailers
C
As I drove through little towns
F
I found trouble in the city
C
I never set my suitcase down
C
And in those empty alleys
Am
Where retaining walls decay
C
I just kept on moving
G C
as a prisoner of the highway
[Chorus]
Am F C
Ooh, and I don't know where I'm headed
Am C G
Ooh, and I don't know where it ends
[Verse 3]
C
Well, the wind, it felt like freedom
C
As it whipped through my hair
F
I was everywhere and everyone
F C
I was nobody and nowhere
C
Oh, the map was written on my hand
Am
and in my DNA
C
I believe that I was meant to be
G C Am G F
a prisoner of the highway
[Verse 4]
C
Had chains around my ankles
C
Handcuffs on my wrists
F
I was haunted by decisions
C
And simple things I missed
C
Dear God, why do I wander?
Am
Was I born this way?
C
And I prayed he would release me
G C
as a prisoner of the highway
[Chorus]
Am F C
Ooh, and I don't know where I'm headed
Am C G
Ooh, and I don't know where it ends
[Instrumental]
Am G C
Am G F
[Verse 5]
C
I sacrificed my family
C
Sacrificed true love
F
I sacrificed my unborn child
C
to the heavens up above
C
Oh, there was not a limit
Am
To those I would betray
C
I was deep down in it
G C
as a prisoner of the highway
F C
I just kept a-moving
G F C
as a prisoner of the highway