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Written about some drinking and driving

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At a bluegrass party in Siler City,N.C. the state patrol showed up to tell to get our wheels off the road or we would get towed
Wheels (Get Your Wheels Off the Road)

1. Back on the highway again
Like a mule behind a carrot
Just can’t win
Way out on the highway
Shaking his head
A white shirted Jesus turned to us and said
Hey there, weary people

Chorus
Get your wheels off the road
Get your hands off the wheel
I don’t want you to get towed away or killed
So damn easy just to stay right here

2. So good to see you my friend
Put your face into the sunshine
Your back to the wind
Way out on the highway
It’s dangerous to be
I went to sleep one night on River Road
Made connections with a tree
Said ‘Hello Tree’

Bridge (or third verse)
Those cathedral leaves are falling
The sun is almost GONE
Your eyes are like two headlights
On a ship that’s going down
Don’t go down.

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from Family History, released March 9, 2023
Songwriter J.W. McClure on guitar and vocals; Thaddeus Spae on guitarron; Roger Ferguson on mandolin tracks; Harmonies by Kristi and Steve Nebel

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J.W. McClure Seattle, Washington

J.W. McClure lives in Stanwood, Washington. This is a career restarted for me. In the 1970’s I was often an opening act at the Washington D.C. clubs, The Cellar Door and The Childe Harold for Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Rush and many well known bands. In the 1980’s I returned to Washington to do folk music, satire and stand-up comedy before getting swamped by family and other work. ... more

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