Standard (EADGBE)

Verse i

 I'm sitting down by the highway

 Down by that highway side.

Everybody's going somewhere

 Riding just as fast as they can ride.

I guess they've got a lot to do

Before they can rest assured their lives

 Are justified.

 Pray to God for me, Baby

He can let me slide.

Verse ii

 Cause I've been up and down this highway

 Far as my eyes can see.

No matter how fast I run

 I can never seem to get away from me.

No matter where I am

I can't help feeling I'm just a day away

 From where I want to be.

 Now, I'm running home, Baby

 Like a river to the sea.

Refrain

 Baby, if you can see me

 Out across this wilderness

 There's just one thing

 I was hoping you might guess.

 Baby, you can free me

 All in the power of your sweet tenderness.

Yeah, yeah!!

Chorus

 I can see it in your eyes

You've got those bright, baby blues.

You don't see what you've got to gain

 But you don't like to lose.

You watch yourself from the sidelines

Like your life was a game you don't mind playing

 To keep yourself amused.

 I don't mean to be cruel, Baby

But you're looking confused.

Refrain ii

Baby, if you can hear me

Turn down your radio.

There's just one thing

I want you to know.

When you've been near me

I felt the love stirring in my soul

Yeah, Yeah!! Yes I have!!

Break

Verse iii

 It's so hard to come by that feeling of peace.

(spoken) This friend of mine said

 "Close your eyes, try a few of these."

I thought I was flying like a bird

So far above my sorrow

 But when I looked down

 I was standing on my knees.

 Now, I need someone to help me

 Someone to help me, please.

Final Refrain:

 Baby, if you need me

 Like I know I need you.

 There's just one thing

 I'll ask you to do

 Take my hand and lead me

 To the hole in your garden wall

 And pull me through.

Pull me through....