Gillian Welch, "I Dream A Highway"

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From “I Dream A Highway”

Which lover are you, Jack of Diamonds?
Now you be Emmylou and I’ll be Gram
I sent a letter, don’t know who I am
I dream a highway back to you

I’m an indisguisable shade of twilight
Any second now I’m gonna turn myself on
In the blue display of the cool cathode ray
I dream a highway back to you

–Written by Gillian Welch, from the album Time (The Revelator)

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Gillian Welch was one of the winners of the initial Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest in 1993. Recent winners have included Tift Merritt, Michael Reno Harrell, Adrienne Young, Martha Scanlan, David Via, Sam Quinn, and Johnny Williams.

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