Song Description
Looking back on a life-changing night. Losing the love of your life.
| Song Length |
3:21 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Regret |
| Similar Artists |
Brooks & Dunn |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Seven Miles from Bakersfield
Seven miles from Bakersfield
They said she fell asleep at the wheel but no one really knows
Found her car off in a ditch
Not far from the Motel 6 at the bend in the road
Now eighteen wheelers just roll on by from the grapevine down ninety - nine
But for me time stands still
When I see that little cross painted white to mark the passing of a life
Seven miles from Bakersfield
Echoes of unsaid goodbyes
Linger from that fateful night five years ago
I walked in her bags were packed
I said, "If you leave you can never come back", she said, "Don't worry I won't"
And those eighteen wheelers just roll on by from the grapevine down ninety - nine
But for me time stands still
When I see that little cross painted white to mark the passing of a life
Seven miles from Bakersfield
Kneel down to clear the weeds away
And lay some flowers in their place
Where those eighteen wheelers just roll on by from the grapevine down ninety - nine
But for me time stands still
When I see that little cross painted white to mark the passing of her life
Seven miles from Bakersfield
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