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 hurdled down the highway   Passed 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