Lyrics:

Well my heart�'s in the Highlands gentle and fair
Honeysuckle blooming in the Wildwood air
Bluebells blazing where the Aberdeen waters flow
Well my heart�'s in the Highland
I�'m gonna go there when I feel good enough to go

Windows were shaking�' all night in my dreams
Everything was exactly the way that it seems
Woke up this morning and I looked at the same old page
Same ol�' rat race
Life in the same ol�' cage

I don�'t want nothing from anyone, ain�'t that much to take
Wouldn�'t know the difference between a real blonde and a fake
Feel like a prisoner in a world of mystery
I wish someone would come
And push back the clock for me

Well my heart�'s in the Highlands wherever I roam
That�'s where I�'ll be when I get called home
The wind, it whispers to the buckeyed trees in rhyme
Well my heart�'s in the Highland
I can only get there one step at a time

I�'m listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound
Someone�'s always yelling turn it down
Feel like I�'m drifting
Drifting from scene to scene
I�'m wondering what in the devil could it all possibly mean?

[Verse 6]
Insanity is smashing up against my soul
You can say I was on anything but a roll
If I had a conscience, well, I just might blow my top
What would I do with it anyway
Maybe take it to the pawn shop

[Verse 7]
My heart�'s in the Highlands at the break of dawn
By the beautiful lake of the Black Swan
Big white clouds like chariots that swing down low
Well my heart�'s in the Highlands
Only place left to go

[Verse 8]
I�'m in Boston town, in some restaurant
I got no idea what I want
Well, maybe I do but I�'m just really not sure
Waitress comes over
Nobody in the place but me and her

[Verse 9]
It must be a holiday, there�'s nobody around
She studies me closely as I sit down
She got a pretty face and long white shiny legs
She says, �SWhat�'ll it be?⬝
I say, �SI don�'t know, you got any soft boiled eggs?⬝

[Verse 10]
She looks at me, says, �SI�'d bring you some
But we�'re out of �'m, you picked the wrong time to come⬝
Then she says, �SI know you�'re an artist, draw a picture of me!⬝
I say, �SI would if I could, but
I don�'t do sketches from memory⬝

[Verse 11]
�SWell,⬝ she says, �SI�'m right here in front of you, or haven�'t you looked?⬝
I say, �SAll right, I know, but I don�'t have my drawing book!⬝
She gives me a napkin, she says, �SYou can do it on that⬝
I say, �SYes I could, but
I don�'t know where my pencil is at!⬝

[Verse 12]
She pulls one out from behind her ear
She says, �SAll right now, go ahead, draw me, I�'m standing right here⬝
I make a few lines and I show it for her to see
Well she takes the napkin and throws it back
And says, �SThat don�'t look a thing like me!⬝

[Verse 13]
I said, �SOh, kind Miss, it most certainly does⬝
She says, �SYou must be joking�'.⬝ I say, �SI wish I was!⬝
Then she says, �SYou don�'t read women authors, do you?⬝
Least that�'s what I think I hear her say
�SWell,⬝ I say, �Show would you know and what would it matter anyway?⬝

[Verse 14]
�SWell,⬝ she says, �Syou just don�'t seem like you do!⬝
I said, �SYou�'re way wrong⬝
She says, �SWhich ones have you read then?⬝ I say, �SI read Erica Jong!⬝
She goes away for a minute
And I slide up out of my chair
I step outside back to the busy street but nobody�'s going anywhere

[Verse 15]
Well my heart�'s in the Highlands with the horses and hounds
Way up in the border country, far from the towns
With the twang of the arrow and a snap of the bow
My heart�'s in the Highlands
Can�'t see any other way to go

[Verse 16]
Every day is the same thing out the door
Feel further away than ever before
Some things in life, it gets too late to learn
Well, I�'m lost somewhere
I must have made a few bad turns

[Verse 17]
I see people in the park forgetting their troubles and woes
They�'re drinking and dancing, wearing bright-colored clothes
All the young men with their young women looking so good
Well, I�'d trade places with any of them
In a minute, if I could

[Verse 18]
I�'m crossing the street to get away from a mangy dog
Talking to myself in a monologue
I think what I need might be a full-length leather coat
Somebody just asked me
If I registered to vote

[Verse 19]
The sun is beginning to shine on me
But it�'s not like the sun that used to be
The party�'s over and there�'s less and less to say
I got new eyes
Everything looks far away

[Verse 20]
Well, my heart�'s in the Highlands at the break of day
Over the hills and far away
There�'s a way to get there and I�'ll figure it out somehow
But I�'m already there in my mind
And that�'s good enough for now