Highway Of Sorrow

from "True Life Blues, The Songs Of Bill Monroe" (Sugar Hill, SHCD-2209)

CAPO 4

I once had a darling, was kind, true and sweet.

Life was so bright and gay, everything to please.

I fell for another, who led my life astray.

And now I live in sorrow, ‘till my dying day

Down a Highway of Sorrow, I’m traveling along.

I’ve lost all my true friends, I’ve lost a happy home.

I’m headed for destruction, I’m on the wrong track.

Down a Highway of Sorrow, there’s no turning back.

I went back to my darling, and I got down on my knees.

I begged here with tears and eyes, to give my poor heart ease.

But she was hurt so deeply, she could not forgive.

Now I live in sorrow, as long as I live

(Chorus)