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Driving Down Love’s Highway (Lyrics)

Driving down love’s highway
you stay by my side,
though the road we travel is
a rollercoaster ride.

Flying down love’s open road,
romance behind the wheel.
By crystal bays on sun kissed days
our marriage vow is sealed.

(chorus)
Our love thrives
as years fly by
through miles of mud,
under starry skies.
Near blushing meadows
and dancing grain,
over winding roads
slick from driving rain.

Skidding through love’s winter storm,
ice impairs our ride.
Empathy defrosts the glass,
pardon melts our pride.

Stalling in love’s break down lane
the engine will not turn.
Tenderness gives us a boost
when our battery is burned.

(chorus)

Climbing up love’s mountain pass
revealing as we rise
a vista of majestic peaks
framed by golden skies.

Driving down love’s highway
our traveling goes on,
every mile along the way
creates a stronger bond.

You’re still sitting next to me...
I know where I belong.

(chorus)

Joyce Josephson

Author notes

This is a song lyric/poem dedicated to my husband. Our 25th wedding anniversary is this August 18th. I worked off and on with this metaphor/idea for over a year. I was determined to get it to work. I hope you enjoy it. This is who I am .This is what I live.

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  • Lilian of Tilburg
    May 6
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    Really lovely poem about love without being overly sweet... thanks so much for the entry
    Lilian


  • penman gold member
    March 30
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    Excellent

    Wow, this is one trophied poem. So amazing. congrats on all the shinies.


  • Danna Hobart
    January 2
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    I didn't know you wrote music. You are multi talented. Thank you very much for entering my contest.

  • Perfect Insanity
    November 4, 2008

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    This is absolutely beautiful. You use very sweet and loving language on this piece. Your metaphors are vivid and lovely. You show a love no one can break and the strength to get through everything down this highway. Great piece. Good luck! ♥


  • moon2u
    November 2, 2008
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    Aw, this one is so sweet
    lots and lots of trophies
    wow
    hugs Moony


  • xCandieKissesx
    August 14, 2008

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    Aww this was beautiful!
    Love the imagery, depth & emotion.
    You really did a great job.

    Good luck in the contest!

    ~ xCandieKissesx


  • perfectsunset gold member
    August 11, 2008

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    Wow; I think this should have won gold in your previously entered contests. This was truly beautiful; so full of true love, passion and romance.
    Congrats on 23 years of marriage, that is such a treasure and so was this poem.. definately could be a song. Loved it!

    Thanks for entering & best of luck


  • Little Lottie
    May 24, 2008
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    Beautiful still. You know my verdict.

  • Little Lottie
    May 22, 2008

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    I really love this and I thank you so much for showing me this one. I don't know why I didn't allow prewrites but it might have had something to do with the fact that it was midnight and I was a little bit tired. I hope you will enter this as I am about to make prewrites allowed.

  • piccola silver member
    March 11, 2008

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    this has no background that I can see ... is this a trick? lmao. Anyway, it's a lovely lyric and I'd love to hear the music.

    • Freed by Mercy silver member
      March 11, 2008
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      It's a very faint background. It's a photo of a highway. The sky is a orange sunset. There are hearts on the border.


  • FifthDove
    March 7, 2008

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    Book marked awesome poem and congrats on the wins

  • Honeydew
    February 20, 2008

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    wow

    first congrats to you and yours on your 24 years of marriage..i like the way you decribe love between two people in the form you did...the car,the winding road,mud,roads....and etc...very creative..most of all ..its really heartfelt and beautifully written.thank you for entering!


  • genevieve3
    February 13, 2008
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    good job.


  • Makinbettachoices
    December 14, 2007

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    this is really pretty, i love the idea of this, and it was really reall really well written. there was alot of good imagery and metaphors in here, i really enjoyed this. i hope i have a love this real one day!!! this is just beautiful and its so amazing that you have been together for 23 years!!!
    God bless you both!
    x from the ashes x


  • second-born
    November 22, 2007

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    “You’re still sitting next to me
    I know where I belong…” a beautiful love song to all couples out there…through all the years and through all the road they’ve been traveling…they’re still in love with each other…thank you for sharing a very wonderful write!!!


  • DrunkenRam
    November 14, 2007
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    Guilty (Everybody's guilty)

    Thanks for entering my contest, I will comment after it is over.


  • only1love4ever
    November 8, 2007

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    Driving down love’s highway
    You stay by my side
    Though the road we travel is
    A rollercoaster ride.

    Flying down love’s open road
    Romance behind the wheel.
    By crystal bays on sun kissed days
    Our marriage vow is sealed.


    Absolutely beatifully written, Thank you so much for entering, and these are my favorite lines. Best of luck to you!!


  • Beating gold member
    October 24, 2007

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    wow. this is just beautiful. i like the idea of driving down love's highway with your loved one at your side. It's a beautiful picture painted, and you really made it work. Good job!


  • Glasyalabolas
    October 21, 2007

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    This is a good lyrical piece and a good metaphorical idea. It truly is indeed a road and thankfully, hopefully, you haven't had any breakdowns.

    Good write and congrats on bronze.


  • sunny day
    October 8, 2007

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    Joyce, Many more highway miles to be driven as your love sounds solid to the core. I love the metaphor you chose here for your relationship with your husband. The highway is as endless and timeless as the love itself and you sang a beautiful song with your words so true. I have such a big smile after reading this one. Congratulations on the award. Love is richly deserving of it as are you. Thank you for sharing your gift once again and filling my heart with joy. Love and God bless you my friend, Joyce

    • Freed by Mercy silver member
      October 8, 2007

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      Thank you, Joyce! This piece means a lot to me. It took a long time to write. I need to write some others on this subject, or about my wonderful, steadfast (love that word) husband.


  • Anger Inside 201
    October 7, 2007

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    absoluetley beautiful! it has flawless rhyme and I can picture it in my head perfectly. just beautiful. and the metaphor works perfectly! keep up the good work and thank you very much for entering my contest!

    Anger Inside 201


  • L.e.l.
    August 24, 2007

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    Thank you so much for entering your lovely piece in my contest.

    Good luck in the contest.

    -Blue

  • Meyeryakov
    July 27, 2007

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    Beautiful. Everything I am looking for in this entry is in the entry because you did that much of a job. Wonderful and masterful this is when it comes to lyrics and musical skills. I admire this piece. I love the concept of the soft and delightful warmth of the rationality. Sweet. I don't know what more I can say- This is the complete answer to loving lyrics and ideas of loving poetry. Bravo.


  • Mac McGovern gold member
    July 25, 2007

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    What a creative mind you possess. You have written a love poem for the ages. I get the impression, love, like driving, depends on moving through a relationship, adding maintenance as needed, insures a long relationship. Obviously your husband is a very fortunate man.


  • MJ Donnelly gold member
    July 25, 2007
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    Oh my!

    This held me till the end, such romantic language, and I loved the lyrical flow.

  • Pietro456
    July 25, 2007
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    Good !

    I like this one !


  • joyya
    July 25, 2007
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    A perfect description of love with all its high and lows. I enjoyed reading this very much.


  • meanderingbear
    July 23, 2007

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    I truly love this poem and I'm happy for you that you persevered and got it written. You have covered in your poem all of the ups and downs and unexpected happenings in a long marriage. Wonderful metaphor!



    Carolyn


  • Sandal
    July 23, 2007

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    Terrific metaphor, and very nice rhymes! I enjoyed this a lot, and I think you have a strong philosophical base for a good marriage. Good luck!


  • BillyClyde
    July 22, 2007

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    Cool lyric....could hear it as I was reading. Great rhyming and flow. Thanks for entering, good luck!!


  • Rele anmwe
    July 22, 2007

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    This is a sweet piece you have written here. I too am a contestant in the same very contest. I love your rhyming, I wish you the best of luck. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing


  • Sonja
    July 22, 2007

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    Nice rhythm and nice love lyrics. I only need to close my eyes ant to listen...it looks like a guitar strings are on the air.
    ~Sonja~


  • Janice M Pickett
    July 20, 2007

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    Yes I enjoyed it very much. Excellent.


  • DawnBaby
    July 12, 2007

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    Loved it!

    Hey I have been driving down loves highway for thirty years and oh can I relate! Excellent use of metaphor! Very enjoyable and I can almost hear it as a song! Good luck in the contest!


  • ms-cuddles
    July 11, 2007

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    Sweet Romance

    I enjoyed this alot. I would to hear the melody to this. Liked how you showed the ups and downs of a real marriage. Keep it strong, baby. Thank you for entering and good luck. Hugs~ Cuddles


  • MargaretG
    July 10, 2007

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    Sweet

    I like this a lot! The sustained metaphor of motoring (breakdowns and all) and relating that to the emotional closeness makes a very satisfying poem. Congratulations on your marriage. I wish you luck in the contest!


  • Northern Raven
    July 5, 2007

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    I’ve read many pieces of work classed as lyrics during the course of this contest and found them hard to judge because authors can possibly ‘hear’ the kind of music they want the lyrics backed by, yet they put little, if anything, in the author notes to indicate the kind of music, therefore the words have to stand completely alone and often lose some of their impetus because of it. I don’t feel this is the case with these lyrics. They are more than capable of standing completely alone and retaining every meaning with in them. They sing of a long term love that has withstood the test of time, and every tribulation that has come along the way has been worked through and surpassed, and this has only served to make the relationship stronger.

    I personally find the extended metaphors very pleasing for two reasons. Firstly, by not having to flit from one image to another in the space of a few seconds as so many poems require readers to do, means that the reader becomes focused on the meaning behind the words. Secondly, I think it shows that the author has the skill of a ‘developed imagination’ which is capable of progression through a piece of work. This in turn increases the likelihood of a poem being written logically, which I feel this poem is. The imagery in this work is beautiful and I found it all very pleasing so I won’t pick out any one singular image for comment. I would really like to hear this sung as a song. Somehow I feel a ‘country ballad’ would be most suiting for it.

    I think I’ll go so far as saying that “so far these lyrics are the only ones I’ve read, that I’ve felt really comfortable and pleased with as a poem.”

    Thank you for entering the Raven Contest 2007 and good luck with your entry! Your work may also be viewed by other Raven judges.

    Northern Raven


  • Maddogk
    June 6, 2007

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    Fantastic, very talented, and seeing as it is a real reflection of long term married life, it then puts alot of meaning and emotion into the lyrics...
    I like this one alot... Very talented..

    Good luck
    Jeffro


    • Freed by Mercy silver member
      June 6, 2007
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      Thanks. That means a lot to me, Jeffro.
      These took a long time to develop.


  • debilynn gold member
    June 1, 2007

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    this is so beautiful. very loving. now you have shown me yet another talent of yours! amazing! i enjoyed this. thank you for sharing. keep writing! God bless you always


  • Nomadic Prince
    May 12, 2007
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    awesome write welcome to the contest!
    -N


  • Andy Stephenson
    May 1, 2007
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    Good song.

    I like the analogy to driving a car. Do you have a melody to this? Thanks for joining the group. Feel free to post or reply to a topic.

    Andy

    • Freed by Mercy silver member
      May 1, 2007
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      Yes, I have one in my head. I sang it acapella at a song workshop and got positive feedback on it.

      What instrument(s) do you play, if any?


  • ma belle
    April 27, 2007

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    The lyrics of this song ring so true.. Oh how so many of us can relate! Congrats on your trophy. You were most kind to visit me, too. My best, Belle


  • Cupcrazy gold member
    April 22, 2007

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    This is a beautiful lyrical song. I loved it. Great rhythm and flow. The thoughts are amazing and the emotion is tangible. Excellent, thanks for this fine entry. Hugs, Bunny


  • KissMeGoodnight
    April 17, 2007

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    aw this is very awesome. this as a song is amazing well done and thanks for sharing

  • Mercury Rising
    April 16, 2007

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    Beautiful

    Freed by Mercy, this is such a touching and tender extended metaphor for the lasting love of a lifetime, and every bit as good as mine, if not better. In a world of instant gratification and rampant quickie divorces, this poem is so courageous and poignant, as love, truth and beauty always are. Thanks so much for sharing this hidden treasure of yours.

    All the best,
    David Michaels


  • Heavens Child
    April 7, 2007

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    I was pleasantly surprised.... I must say one of my least favorite poems are ones on love because they can get quite cheesy.....But there's no cheese here, this is fantastic. The ryhmning is brilliant and the imagery is phenomonal. A talented piece. Thank you for your entry in my contest.


  • myorama
    April 3, 2007

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    Excellent

    A very good indication of love and marriage after many years. I really love the last two lines they are so touching. May God bless you both.


  • AliceinPoetryLand gold member
    April 3, 2007

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    Wow what beautiful lyrics! Your talent continues to amaze me. I loved every word.
    All the best to you in this contest
    Gaylene

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