Key to the Highway

Derek and the Dominos was a short-lived English–American blues rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton, keyboardist and singer Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. All four members had previously played together in Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, during and after Clapton's brief tenure with Blind Faith. Dave Mason supplied additional lead guitar on early studio sessions and played at their first live gig. Another participant at their first session as a band was George Harrison, the recording for whose album All Things Must Pass marked the formation of Derek and the Dominos. The band released only one studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, produced by Tom Dowd, which also featured extensive co… more »

Year:: 1970
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I got the key to the highway, 
Billed out and bound to go. 
I'm gonna leave here running; 
Walking is most too slow. 

I'm going back to the border 
Woman, where I'm better known. 
You know you haven't done nothing, 
Drove a good man away from home. 

Live Verse: When the moon peeks over the mountains 
I'll be on my way. 
I'm gonna roam this old highway 
Until the break of day. 

Oh give me one, one more kiss mama 
Just before I go, 
'Cause when I leave this time you know I, 
I won't be back no more. 
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Written by: Charles Segar, William Lee Conley Broonzy

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