Words and Music by Neil Diamond and Harlan Howard

So long, big city; it's time to say goodbye.

I'm longing for those country roads;

I need to see the sky.

Think I'll take a swing down south, visit Tennessee.

See if that girl Annie still remembers me.



Gonna take that blue highway and leave this sorry town.

Stayed too long, but now I'm gone, and I know where I'm bound.

I don't wanna take the interstate; it represents all the things I hate.

I'm rollin' down that blue highway.



So long, confusion; it's time to slow things down.

Say goodbye to my old friends, ease on out of town.

I made me some money here but paid for ev'ry day.

And ev'ry mile just makes me smile, 'cause I made my getaway.



Gonna take that blue highway and leave this sorry town.

I've stayed too long, but now I'm gone, and I know where I'm bound.

I've had it up to here with worry.

From now on, I'm in no hurry, rollin' down that blue highway.



I'll be ridin' that blue highway and leave this sorry town.

I've stayed too long, but now I'm gone, and I know where I'm bound.

I've had it up to here with worry.

From now on, I'm in no hurry, rollin' down that blue highway.

I'll be rollin' down that blue highway.

You can find me on that blue highway.