Life Is A Highway

"Life Is a Highway" is a song written by Tom Cochrane, from his 1991 album Mad Mad World. The song was Cochrane's most famous song, as it was a number one hit in his native Canada. The song also peaked at number six on the Billboard charts in the United States in 1992. The song has been covered and released by Chris LeDoux, Jerry Jeff Walker and Rascal Flatts.

[Verse 1] Life's like a road that you travel on When there's one day here and the next day gone Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand Sometimes you turn your back to the wind There's a world outside every darkened door Where blues won't haunt you anymore Where the brave are free and lovers soar Come ride with me to the distant shore We won't hesitate, break down the garden gate There's not much time left today [Chorus] Life is a highway I want to ride it all night long If you're going my way I want to drive it all night long [Verse 2] Through all the cities and all these towns It's in my blood and it's all around I love you now like I loved you then This is the road and these are the hills From Mozambique to those Memphis nights The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights Knock me down, get back up again You're in my blood, I'm not a lonely man There's no load I can't hold The roads are rough, this I know I'll be there when the light comes in Just tell 'em we're survivors [Chorus] Life is a highway I want to ride it all night long If you're going my way I want to drive it all night long, hmm Life is a highway I want to ride it all night long (Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme yeah) If you're going my way I want to drive it all night long [Verse 3] There was a distance between you and I A misunderstanding once But now we look it in the eye Oh [Harmonica Break] [Bridge] There ain't no load that I can't hold Road so rough, this I know I'll be there when the light comes in Just tell 'em we're survivors [Chorus] Life is a highway I want to ride it all night long (Yeah yeah yeah, yeah) If you're going my way I want to drive it all night long (Yeah, yeah) (Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme yeah) Life is a highway I want to ride it all night long If you're going my way I want to drive it all night long (Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme yeah) Life is a highway I want to ride it all night long (Yeah, yeah) If you're going my way I want to drive it all night long, ooh (Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme yeah)