Bob Seger

Released: November 17, 2017

Songwriter: Bob Seger

Producer: Bob Seger

[Verse 1]
It takes a window into your conscience
It takes a hard look into your soul
It takes a ton of faith to push the doubt away
And reestablish full control
In a world of phony prophets
In a sea of plain conceit
Fight the wind and waves through the fog and haze
Until the good earth's under your feet

[Pre-Chorus]
You'll never know until you try
If you can reach beyond the sky

[Chorus]
I'm packin' up my gear
I'm gettin' out of here
Up where the air is clear
Headin' for the highway, headin' for the highway
I need to turn the wheel
Away from every deal
Until I find what's real
Headin' for the highway, headin' for the highway

[Verse 2]
I have lived among the missing
I have walked around asleep
I've been written off, I've been sold and bought
I have stared into the deep
There's a price for every promise
Every dream we victimize
A creative fate that you can't escape
Is the dreaded compromise

[Pre-Chorus]
So much depends on what we say
When everyone gets in our way

[Chorus]
I need to break the chains
I need to take the reins
And make a major change
Headin' for the highway, headin' for the highway
I need to find the line
Between who's left behind
And who takes too much time
Headin' for the highway, headin' for the highway
I'm packin' up my gear
I'm gettin' out of here
Up where the air is clear
Headin' for the highway, headin' for the highway
I need to turn the wheel
Away from every deal
Till I can find what's real
Headin' for the highway, headin' for the highway

[Outro]
Headin' for the highway, headin' for the highway
Headin' for the highway

Robert Clark “Bob” Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the “System” from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album Live Bullet, recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger’s best-selling singles and albums.

In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album Night Moves. The Night Moves title track became his first Billboard Top 5 single and the album started a string six consecutive albums landing in the Billbaord Top 10. The 1980 album, Against the Wind, topped the charts.

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