Key to the Highway

Jimmy Witherspoon, Ben Webster

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Ben Webster

Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973), a.k.a. "The Brute" or "Frog," was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. Webster, born in Kansas City, Missouri, was considered one of the three most important "swing tenors" along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Known affectionately as "The Brute", he had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls), yet on ballads he played with warmth and sentiment. Stylistically he was indebted to alto star Johnny Hodges, who, he said, taught him to play his instrument. more »

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I've got the key to the highway
Yes, I'm billed out and bound to go
I'm gonna leave here runnin'
'Cause walking's just too slow

I'm going back to the border
Where I'm better known
'Cause you haven't done nothin'
But broke up our happy home

Now give me one more kiss, baby
Yes, before I go
'Cause when I leave here this time, baby
I 'clare I won't be back no more

So long, goodbye
Yes, I have to say goodbye
'Cause I'm gonna walk, walk this old highway
Until the day I die

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Written by: Charles Segar, William Lee Conley Broonzy

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