June 28, 2021

I Know Where the Highway Is

Rockport, Maine

At 17 years old, Andrea Itkin took to the road, talked her way out of danger, and made it back without her mom ever knowing.

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I call my mom
Tell her I’m ok
She’s thinks I’m in
Martha’s Vineyard today
On the East River Drive
I stick out my thumb
Cop pulls over
Says Jeez, you’re dumb
I know where the highway is

A trucker stops
Got plans for me
Jump from his cab
Again I’m free
Puerto Ricans stop
Say Oh, baby please
But gentlemen, I say,
I have a disease
I know where the highway is

All I need
Is my thumb
A bag of clothes
The beat of a drum
To see this world
Nobody knows
Just me alone

A sailor’s nice
So nice to me
I shut my eyes and
He lets me be
Get back to the Vineyard
And lie to my mom
Tell her anything
But where I’ve gone
I know where the highway is

Story Source

Andrea Itkin

CO-WRITER

Malcolm Brooks

PERFORMED BY

Caleb Edwards, Isabelle Olson, Malcolm Brooks

PRODUCED BY

Caleb Edwards

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