[Verse 1]
Wild young cowboy out on the highway
A Telecaster kid of the rocking trade
Lost unto the straight and narrow
To honkytonks and masquerade
Tempted by a thousand pleasures
It's foolish comfort for the soul
A deadly shot in [the misty shadows?]
There ain't no sign posts along this road
[Chorus]
It is such a sweet temptation
It gives such grief relief
It is such a false sensation
How come that's so hard to believe?
[Verse 2]
Hiram Williams was in the back seat
Of a Cadillac on New Year's Day
He closed his eyes and sang his last song
Mister Leon Payne's "The Lost Highway"
That same old song with a sad sweet ending
Is playing somewhere south of town
By a band of hard young rockers
Who never think they'll see the sun go down
Wild young cowboy out on the highway
A Telecaster kid of the rocking trade
Lost unto the straight and narrow
To honkytonks and masquerade
Tempted by a thousand pleasures
It's foolish comfort for the soul
A deadly shot in [the misty shadows?]
There ain't no sign posts along this road
[Chorus]
It is such a sweet temptation
It gives such grief relief
It is such a false sensation
How come that's so hard to believe?
[Verse 2]
Hiram Williams was in the back seat
Of a Cadillac on New Year's Day
He closed his eyes and sang his last song
Mister Leon Payne's "The Lost Highway"
That same old song with a sad sweet ending
Is playing somewhere south of town
By a band of hard young rockers
Who never think they'll see the sun go down
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