US highway from north to south 

It's history breathing 

Get out from under the gun 

Drive down Highway 61 



Hannibal's son saw the Gold Rush 

Saw the civil war done 

Then settled down some 

On Highway 61 



There's no reason to feel downhearted 

There's music in the wheels it's there to be found 



Goodnight Irene inside the prison walls 

Killed a man and lived to sing about it all 

Stella 12 on Highway 61 



The immigrant son left the mining town 

Electrified the traditional 

And had it out on Highway 61