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Heard It on the Highway

from Soul In Exile Redux by The Hesh Inc.

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lyrics

Well I heard it on the highway like the holy word of G-d
It was so loud and clear I had to pull over, I was so awed
Well I heard it on the highway and I couldn’t resist the push
It was just like a commandment from heaven, like the voice in the burning bush
Well shake, rattle, and roll down the Garden State
Down Routes 35, 71, and 88
Even if we’ll just run round in circles cursed by fate
We’ll capture all the views now ‘cause we may never be here again

I heard it on the highway, it was the greatest song in history
It had a rhythm and melody all its own but the lyrics, they were a mystery
It was the sound of the rock’n’roll heart and it was beating in full blues time
It said, Go down to the ocean and make the music of your mind
Well I saw it from the highway
Risin’ on the horizon like Mt Sinai in flames
Like a fiddler on the roof down on the Parkway
Singin’ out that tune and calling my name
It was handed to me by the seaside
White hot and written in stone
Full power forward and full speed ahead
No stopping now that you’re on your own

It was the day I graduated
when I came back in touch with the calling
It was there where fifteen bands were playing
Paying respect to the one who had fallen
It was just as the all-star open jam was ending
The sound of drums boomed from way up high
There were ten bolts of lightning, one for each Word
crashing through the mist-choked sky
I heard an organ scream through a Leslie
But none on Earth ever sounded so great
I looked up to heaven, I thought I saw the moon
But I knew I was staring clear through the gates
I kicked off my shoes, I fell down on my knees
I bowed face down into the sand
But he didn’t want none of that false formality
She just wanted me to reach out my hand

Well I heard it on the highway …

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from Soul In Exile Redux, track released January 28, 2022
Hesh Meister – piano, organ, vocals
Izzy Kieffer – drums
Steve Lopresto – bass
Lane Sparber – electric and acoustic guitars
PK Lavengood – lead guitar
Steve Peckman – saxophone
Danny Flam – all brass

Brass/horns arranged by Izzy Kieffer

Recorded at Retromedia Sound, Red Bank, NJ
Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Adam Vaccarelli

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Songwriter, performer, keyboard player, beach enthusiast, perpetual transplant, aspiring cult figure.

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