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Words by Frederick Michaels and Music by Joe Peters

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V1: no newspaper on the doorstep
no doorstep out in the road
where I played games in my bedroom
the semis now tote their loads

Chorus: houses come, houses go
highways they go on and on
they put them down deep in the ground
once the homes in the way are gone

V2: my childhood home had just vanished
new asphalt is straight and true
you stand in the way of progress
it’ll pave a road right over you

Chorus:

Break:

Bridge: I always wanted to be like the Jetsons
with highways a’plenty up high in thin air
then flying back home to my humble abode
yields a chance that it might still be there

V3: dad moved us all to the desert
out near Phoenix in Fall ‘52
a village paved with only two-lanes
not much to put a highway through

V4: I was ten when we left Arizona
made it back there in Spring ‘86
the house where I’d spent all those summers
highway builders had bulldozed to bits

Chorus (2X):

Tag: ooh ooh, ooh ooh
homes are gone
ooh ooh, ooh ooh
homes are gone

As-Recorded 2022

credits

from Beyond Collaboration, released December 16, 2022
-David Inskeep: vocals & harmonica
-Michael Kelsey: guitars, six-string banjo, bass
-Joe Peters: acoustic guitar
-Michael Kelsey: engineering & mixing

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Joe Peters/The Joedai Warriors Walnut Creek, California

Joe Peters is an American singer-songwriter who has released a dozen CDs of original music since 1998. Joe grew up in the Midwest during the late 60s and early 70s, and his songs hearken back to a time when young people sought the experience of peace, love and adventure and expressed this search in their music. Joe has moved to the Bay Area of California, where he continues to write and perform. ... more

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