From the recording Highways & Headlines
Lyrics
Highways & Headlines
©2026 R. Madore - J. Ledbetter
Lead vocals: Ron Madore and Raeann Kasidy
Back vocals: Stephanie Madore - Ron Madore
Keyboards, Piano: John Johnson
Guitar & Bass: Daniel Addison
Drums: George Sandler
Assistant sound engineer: Kyle Madore
Lyric: Jeff Ledbetter & Ron Madore
She runs that midnight line
Coffee in a paper cup
Name half-wiped, diesel on her old blue jeans
Map of every mile in the crease of her sleeve
He's a worn out marque name
Stage smoke, leather jacket, songs, and fame
Crowd sings every line he wrote
But he feels more alone
Till he turns on that microphone
Highways & Headlines
Sweet release
Her rig, his six strings
Same fever dream
Different roads
Same lonely sky above
They found combined love
Wild love, tough love
Highways & headlines
Side by side
She shifts, he shouts
Oh, they come alive
Metal and melodies
Crashin' like a flood
They found combined love
Their blood, their rush
He played some small town fair
Flatbed stage, summer sweat, in the air
Her truck parked behind the rides
Windows down, radio off
Just listenin' inside
He sings about a runaway girl
She felt every word like a curve in her world
After the show she said, "you sing my life"
He laughed and said,
"you drive my Soul, and asked for a ride"
Highways & Headlines
Sweet release
Her rig, his six strings
Same fever dream
Different roads
Same lonely sky above
They found combined love
Wild love, tough love, yeh
She said, "I chase the dawn, so my ghosts can't keep up"
He said, "I burn my throat so my heart feels enough"
Two broken schedules
Two beat up souls
Kissed at the truck stop table
Sharin' cheap black gold
Now every town sign feels a little less rough
'Cos he's riding' shotgun when she's had enough
And when he hits that stage,
She's a story in his lungs...
Highways & Headlines
Sweet release
Her rig, his six strings
Same fever dream
Different roads
Same lonely sky above
They found combined love
Wild love, tough love