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Lyrics

A STRANGER’S HIGHWAY

I woke up in a town I’d never seen
Dust on my boots and a head full of steam
The road behind me is lined with names I forgot
And the ones up ahead don’t know what I’m not
I’m walking through fire
Chasing the gray
I’m lost on a stranger’s highway

I left a woman in Memphis, a job in Cheyenne
Guess I never learned how to make an honest stand
Every mile marker is a ghost that I outran
But I still hear them whispering as loud as they can
I’m walking through fire
Chasing the gray
I’m lost on a stranger’s highway

I'm just a shadow dancing in the rearview light
A lost song sung in the heat of the night
No compass, no cross, no map in hand
Just the hum of the engine and a broken man

I traded my soul for a tank full of gas
Told myself each wrong turn soon would pass
But the signs keep changing…the sky stays black
And I swear this howling wind keeps calling me back
I’m walking through fire
Chasing the gray
I’m lost on a stranger’s highway

I’m still just a shadow in the rearview light
A lonely hymn sung on a moonless night
No place to land…but I go anyway
I’m just another stranger lost…
On a stranger’s highway

© 2026 Christopher Iverson Music/BMI
words & music: Christopher Iverson