The song Life is a Highway was written by Canadian musician Tom Cochrane following a trip to Africa during the famine crisis in 1985. He was deeply moved by the harsh conditions and poverty he witnessed, which inspired a series of songs about life, journey, and overcoming adversity. Life is a Highway became an international hit, representing a message of hope and perseverance.
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Life's like a road that you travel on
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There's one day here and the next day gone
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Sometimes you bend; sometimes you stand; sometimes you turn your back to the wind
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There's a world outside every darkened door
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Where blues won't haunt you anymore
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Where the brave are free and lovers soar, come ride with me to the distant shore
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We won't hesitate to break down the garden gate
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There's not much time left today
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Life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long
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If you're going my way, I wanna drive it all night long
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Through all these cities, and all these towns
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It's in my blood and in it's all around
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I love you now, like I loved you then; This is the road, and these are the hands
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From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
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The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's Lights
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Knock me down and back up again You're in my blood, I'm not a lonely man
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There's no load I can't hold, a road so rough, this I know
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I'll be there when the light comes in
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Just tell 'em we're survivors
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Life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long
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If you're going my way, I wanna drive it all night long
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Life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long
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If you're going my way, I wanna drive it all night long
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There was a distance between you and I (between you and I)
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A misunderstanding once, but now we look it in the eye
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There ain't no load that I can't hold, a road so rough, this I know
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I'll be there when the light comes in
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Tell 'em we're survivors
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Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long
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If you're going my way, I wanna drive it all night long
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Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long
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If you're going my way, I wanna drive it all night long
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Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long
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If you're going my way, I wanna drive it all night long