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Backroads
167
Country
Backroads was released on April 1, 1993 by Rounder Records as a part of the album Everybody's Reaching Out for Someone
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Release DateApril 1, 1993
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM94

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Cox Family
The Cox Family
Performer
Sidney Cox
Sidney Cox
Vocals
Suzanne Cox
Suzanne Cox
Vocals
Evelyn Cox
Evelyn Cox
Vocals
Willard Cox
Willard Cox
Vocals
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
Producer

Lyrics

These city lights can't beat a harvest moon
Ten thousand miles of sidewalk to a country boy in June
I'm up here in a penthouse
Got a feather bed and Georgia on my mind
They got me talkin' funny
Walkin' like a big wheel struttin' down Fifth Avenue
And they say back roads lead to nowhere
They'll just take you on a round trip dreamer's ride
But the main roads that I've traveled
Left me stranded so many times
And left memories of the bad times that I've had
I guess this year I'll make some plans for home
This sinless sound of the beat just ain't my kind of song
I can have the most expensive kind of fun
To take this rat race off my mind
And behind a phony smile
The tears keep tellin' me I'll always feel alone
And they say back roads lead to nowhere
They'll just take you on a round trip dreamer's ride
But the main roads that I've traveled
Left me stranded so many times
And left memories of the bad times that I've had
Written by: Sidney Cox
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