BRAD PAISLEY & JIMMIE ALLEN - FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY

FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY

BRAD PAISLEY & JIMMIE ALLEN

SONGWRITERS: ASH BOWERS; MATT ROGERS & JIMMIE ALLEN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BETTIE JAMES

LABEL: STONEY CREEK RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2020

 

         Brad Douglas Paisley(born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut álbum Who Needs Pictures, he has released eleven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified Gold or higher by the RIAA. He has scored 32 Top 10 singles on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart, 19 of which have reached number 1. He set a new record in 2009 for the most consecutive singles (10) reaching the top spot on that chart.

          Paisley has sold over 11 million albums and has won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards, and two American Music Awards. He has also earned country music's crowning achievement, becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Paisley also wrote songs for Pixar's Cars franchise("Behind the Clouds", "Find Yourself", "Collision of Worlds" with Robbie Williams, "Nobody's Fool", etc.).

       James Edward Allen (born June 18, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is signed to Broken Bow Records imprint Stoney Creek, for which he has released the two singles "Best Shot" and "Make Me Want To" and the 2018 album Mercury Lane.

Woo!

(Oh-oh, oh-oh)

Sunset through a windshield

I can see it now like a picture in a frame

(Picture in a frame, oh-oh, oh-oh)

Blue jeans and t-shirts, who we were

We wore it like a name (like a name)

I wish I could go back to those days

 

When the town was the whole world

And love was the girl next door

Soundtrack was a song in the dark

I miss those days when our dreams

Were there for chasin'

But time was better wasted

We were summer young and livin' for a Friday

And freedom was a highway (oh-oh, oh-oh)

Freedom was a highway (oh-oh, oh-oh)

 

Barbwire on a fencepost with a crosswind

On a road no one was on (no one was on)

Yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Five deep with our hands up

Just singin' along to a hip-hop song

I wish I could rewind and replay

 

When the town was the whole world

And love was the girl next door

Soundtrack was a song in the dark

I miss those days when our dreams

Were there for chasin'

But time was better wasted

We were summer young and livin' for a Friday

And freedom was a highway

Freedom was a highway

 

When you're 17 and drivin'

You don't think about the road runnin' out

No, no, no, no

You just keep your eyes on that horizon

'Cause you're wrapped up in now (ooh, ooh)

Hey (ooh yeah, ooh yeah) woo!

 

I wish I could go back to those days

When the town was the whole world

And love was the girl next door

Soundtrack was a song in the dark

I miss those days when our dreams

Were there for chasin'

But time was better wasted

We were summer young and livin' for a Friday

And freedom was a highway (freedom was a highway)

Freedom was a highway, baby (oh yeah)

 

And freedom was a highway (freedom was a highway)

Freedom was a highway (oh-oh, oh-oh).