Sixteen Lanes Of Highway lyrics

Verse 1

I once had a swamp when I was younger

The ducks and geese would pa** in the fall and spring

Bulrushes sighed and the frogs would roar like thunder

In the evening you could hear the blackbirds sing

Verse 2

And to the east, rose a briar hill above me

And we'd sit up there and watch the clouds roll by

We didn't know that we'd be saying so long

To the frogs and the birds and the dragonflies

Chorus

Now paradise is 16 lanes of highway

And the peace is gone and the cars roll by each day

And the house in which I grew now affords a lonely view

It overlooks a 16 lane highway

Verse 3

And the tractors came and the trucks and the heavy graders,

And in a month, they tore that swamp apart

And they left an ugly scar while we stood watching

For a progress a mind of planner's work of art

Verse 4

And the people that I knew all started moving

And the houses store there empty row on row

And the ones that didn't take the easy money

Were later sold out short and forced to go

Chorus

Now paradise is 16 lanes of highway

And the peace is gone and the cars roll by each day

And the house in which I grew now affords a lonely view

It overlooks a 16 lane highway

Verse 5

Now the city's gone on by to take some more land

And the ducks and geese ain't been around for years

And the kids who come of age in those apartments

Will never understand my bitter tears

Verse 6

They'll never see a thing that wasn't put there

They'll never see a wild thing growing free

And they'll never know a quiet day of living

God help all the kids but please help me

Chorus

Now paradise is 16 lanes of highway

And the peace is gone and the cars roll by each day

And the house in which I grew now affords a lonely view

It overlooks a 16 lane highway

• Artist:Murray McLauchlan
• Album:Song From The Street [1971]