Kenny Ray Horton: Music

I was driving a truck for a lighting company based in Nashville, TN and we were in Chicago for a tour. I had to walk 2 miles in the drizzling rain from where I had to park the truck back to the Hyatt. I remember where I was when the guitar lick for this came to me. I was under an underpass looking at the rose-painted water tower in Rosemont, IL. The song needed a cool old car and a loner point of view, thus the first verse. The rest Bruce and I worked out when I got back to Nashville. Janey Clewer and George Hawkins, Jr. did terrific background vocals on this tune and I was really proud of our recording of this tune. It captured exactly the vibe I wanted to give the listener.

VERSE 1
I pulled off the road
Somewhere in North Carolina
The top was stuck down
On my '64 Coupe DeVille
As the rain started falling
I took refuge in a neon lit diner
Six cups of coffee's my breakfast
Then I'm back on the road

CHORUS
Wherever you are
That's where I should be
Not where this road
Is leading me
Wherever you are
My heart wants to be
Cause I'm no good
Without you next to me

VERSE 2
I woke up last night
Tossing and turning without you
In some cheap hotel room
With snow falling on the TV
Tomorrow it's Detroit, then Memphis
From there I'm forgetting
Six longest days of my life
Til I'm back in your arms

VERSE 3
I drive through the night
The tops down and my coffee's beside me
With only the stars up above
Leading me home