Half way home

[determined2play]

I wrote this saturday, still needs a lot of work, but I was in the mood to write so....

I Was
Halfway home to Dixie Georgia
When the truck ran out of gas
I set my feet a walking
Headed for the over pass

Cause
Back home in Dixie Georgia
There’s a girl I left alone
She calls me every night
Crying on the Telephone

She says
She needs a man to hold her
Someone there that she can call her own
She’s tired of waiting on her Cowboy
To leave the Rodeo





Now it’s just me and my guitar, on this Asphalt Rodeo
Not sure how long it will take, but I’ve got to make it home
Halfway home to you, halfway home to you
Nothing’s going stop me, Lord I’ve got to make it through

It was
Just a few miles down the Highway
A stranger stops to let me in
Says boy where headed
And do you know just where you’ve been

He said
The Highway can be lonely
Out here no ones your friend
The miles can last for ever
It seems the road can have no end






Then he
Pulled the car on to the shoulder
Said it went as far he could go
Said the rest was up to me
I knew which way I should be going


Now it’s just me and my guitar, on this Asphalt Rodeo
Not sure how long it will take, but I’ve got to make it home
Halfway home to you, halfway home to you
Nothing’s going stop me, Lord I’ve got to make it through
Yeah,
Now it’s just me and my guitar, on this Asphalt Rodeo
Not sure how long it will take, but I’ve got to make it home
Halfway home to you, halfway home to you
Nothing’s going stop me, Lord I’ve got to make it through






Well I,
Finally got to Dixie Georgia
It looks like I finally made it home
I can see the porch light burning
Now she won’t have to be alone

No this,
Cowboy’s finished riding
No I ain’t ever leaving home
I’m going to stay Dixie Georgia
And let the Asphalt Rodeo be gone

Cause I don’t ever want to be
Just Halfway Home

[Reags]

Thats good work mate.

Great narrative with some awesome imagery.

Where are you going to go with it in terms of music? A country song?

[determined2play]

Haven't decided yet on the music. Thanks for the kind words.

[millrat]

Nice work D2P. The lyrics seem to flow very nicely, and tell story. It would make a good country song.

[FX]

Nice work. Good luck with it.

[determined2play]

Thanks guys. I have tried a few different melodies and tempos, but can't settle on which one I like the best. I really want something different from what I have done, which are sloow tempo country songs. I would like to try maybe country blues or country rock.