The Last Riders on Route 66

“The Last Riders On Route 66”

Words & Music by Chet Nichols

Copyright /1974/2002/2024 by Chester Nichols, Jr /Magic Garage Music(ASCAP)

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chet@chetnichols.net :: chetcichols@me.com

“Grand Prize Winner in The Route 66 Theme Song Contest 2002”

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Verse 1

It was the Spring of ’67

When this story starts

It’s about two boys who hit the road

With their thumbs and their hearts

California was calling them

The blue skies and the beach

Were waiting down America’s Main Street

They were right there in their reach

And they heard Will Roger’s highway

Was about to change its name

To another nameless freeway

They knew they’d never get the chance again

CHORUS

They were the last riders on route 66

Hitchin’ and crusin’ and grooving ’ on the Mother Road

They were the last riders on route 66

They were livin’ and laughin’ and lovin’ on the Mother Road

Verse 2

They saw lots of paintings of Elvis

Using neon paint against black velvet

Blacktop ham and eggs and red corvettes

Along that 4-lane amusement park

The road was lined with strange landmarks

And desert Deco towns shining thru the dark

They learned about love on the highway

And in a rockin’ little beach hotel

By the time they got back to Oklahoma

Lord, they had some stories to tell

REPEAT CHORUS

They were the last riders on route 66

Hitchin’ and crusin’ and grooving ’ on the Mother Road

They were the last riders on route 66

They were livin’ and laughin’ and lovin’ on the Mother Road

BRIDGE

Every ride that picked them up

Was like changing a TV channel

They met hippies and hustlers and soldiers and truckers

And quite a few dangerous damsels

And the jackalopes in Arizona

Where just the right size to ride

Out where the tee-pee motels

Meet the desert sky

REPEAT CHORUS

They were the last riders on route 66

Hitchin’ and crusin’ and grooving ’ on the Mother Road

They were the last riders on route 66

They were livin’ and laughin’ and lovin’ on the Mother Road

They were lovin’ and laughin’ and livin’ on the Mother Road

They were livin’ and laughin’ and lovin’ on the Mother Road

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