{"id":810,"date":"2021-01-20T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T19:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=810"},"modified":"2021-02-02T15:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:20:55","slug":"highway-one","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=810","title":{"rendered":"Highway One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Highway One\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SLqPxYaL9wo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This song is a rare combination of self-examination and drawn-out lyrical poetry. I gently hit the stone block with the chisel over and over, and the lines emerged.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<i>With you asleep beside me in the car<br>And Steinbeck&#8217;s ghost restringing his guitar<br>The windows down and open to our promised land<br>Your ring so bright and new upon my hand<br>Moon shone like sun<br>On Highway One<\/i><br><br>\n\nFive days married, I listened to The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen as my new bride slept beside me. We had spent the day exploring those John Steinbeck towns in California. Monterey. Salinas. Carmel. Did John Steinbeck even play guitar? I have no idea. Was his ghost in the car with us? Quite likely.\n\n\n\n<br><br><i>&#8220;What if I become your worst regret?&#8221;<br>I whispered to your darkened silhouette<br>But then your face injected grace into my blood<br>Revealing just what feeling happy was<br>Our new life just begun<br>On Highway One<\/i><br><br>\n\nMy married life reduced to a single verse. Her, offering health and peace and light. Me, clinging to angst-ridden murkiness, the undefeated heavyweight champion shadow boxer of the world.\n\n\n\n<br><br><i>I&#8217;d go back to warn you, if that was allowed<br>Back to California and that magic moonlight mile<br>Oh baby I&#8217;m so sorry for what I have become<br>A prisoner of shame and a fugitive from love<\/i><br><br>\n\nThat last line describes the tortured limbo that quietly became my permanent residence, my secret identity. A self-made prisoner, eternally running from love. Running in place. Running to stand still.\n\n\n\n<br><br><i>The redwoods whispered as we passed them by<br>The heavens made a cradle from the sky<br>Above us there, we shooting arrows through the dark<br>Careening toward life&#8217;s meaning&#8217;s beating heart<br>My web not yet spun<br>From all the useless things these hands have done<\/i> (lyrical loan from the great L Cohen)<br><i>Your song on my tongue<br>One Highway One<\/i><br><br>\n\nThe concept for this song was with me a while before I actually sat with a guitar and went fishing. I knew there was something moving down there somewhere and remained calm when I felt the line tug. When you really look at it, it&#8217;s sad, for sure. And yet the central image of a journey on a highway gives me comfort. We&#8217;re still there. We&#8217;re still on it. We passed some incredible scenery; picked up some amazing hitchhikers along the way. Who knows? Maybe one day it will finally lead to the High Road which has eluded me so long.<br><br>\n\nThanks again for listening!\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/highway-one-live\/1550814102?i=1550814107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"78\" src=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/applemusic-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1DDCQgmgBVWySJoqBxj8Ni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"87\" src=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spotify-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:30px\"> Archives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=755\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"755\">Levi &#8211; 1\/15\/2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=741\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"741\">Beautiful Land &#8211; 1\/8\/2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=729\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"729\">Learning as I Go &#8211; 1\/1\/2021<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=720\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"720\">Heaven&#8217;s Gate &#8211; 12\/24\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=717\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"717\">Slightly Aimless &#8211; 12\/18\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=709\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"709\">Better Off Without Me &#8211; 12\/11\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=703\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"703\">The Gift of Seeing Through &#8211; 12\/04\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=696\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"696\">Alcatraz &#8211; 11\/27\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=685\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"685\">Then December &#8211; 11\/20\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=679\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"679\">Anchor &#8211; 11\/13\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=675\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"675\">When I Put the Record On &#8211; 11\/06\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=669\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"669\">Bound to Be &#8211; 10\/30\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=664\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"664\">Lost in America &#8211; 10\/23\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=656\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"656\">In My Head &#8211; 10\/16\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=652\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"652\">Start Again &#8211; 10\/9\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=642\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"642\">Morning Sounds &#8211; 10\/2\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=632\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"632\">Saint Jude &#8211; 9\/25\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=622\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"622\">1970s &#8211; 9\/18\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=610\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"610\">Blue Sky Song &#8211; 9\/11\/2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=24\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"24\">Midnight Ghost &#8211; 9\/4\/2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This song is a rare combination of self-examination and drawn-out lyrical poetry. 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