I've written the lyrics to this song, they were finalist in the UK Songwriting Contest in 2013. Nashville Song Service composed the music and recorded the demo, they also own the pitching rights.

Vigdis Eidsvaag - Into The Wild.MP3

THE ROUTE OF HISTORY LYRICS

VERSE 1
LASTING BONDS TO THE MOTHER ROAD
SONGS ABOUT IT BEING RADIOED 
FROM WHERE NO BUILDINGS LOOK THE SAME
TO THE RED CARPET CITY OF FAME
THROUGH THE LAND OF CONTRAST AND PRIDE 
THE SKYSCRAPERS AND THE COUNTRY SIDE
BORN A LEGEND WITH IT’S OUTLAW TRAITS
THREE TIME ZONES, EIGHT DIFFERENT STATES
IT STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY
TIME TO RIDE THE ROUTE OF HISTORY

CHORUS
ROUTE 66, ON MY WAY
FROM CHICAGO TO LA
GOING ON A TIME TRAVEL 
PAST GLORY TO UNRAVEL
ON AMERICA’S MAIN STREET
TIMELESS MEMORIES STILL MEET
IT CONTINUES TO TRANSFIX
OLE ROUTE 66

VERSE 2
LINCOLN’S STATE BORDER, RIVER BLISS
CROSS WIDE MISSOURI, A KANSAS KISS
WILD WEST OKLAHOMA ARRIVAL
NO TRESPASS SIGN COWBOY REVIVAL
AIM AT TIME AND PULL THE TRIGGER
IN THE STATE WHERE EVERYTHING IS BIGGER
A NEW MEXICO PAINTED SUNDOWN
TWO GUNS ARIZONA, A HIGHWAY GHOST TOWN
PACIFIC COAST WITH A WHITE MOONBEAM
DREAM A LITTLE CALIFORNIA DREAM

CHORUS
ROUTE 66, ON MY WAY
FROM CHICAGO TO LA
GOING ON A TIME TRAVEL 
PAST GLORY TO UNRAVEL
ON AMERICA’S MAIN STREET
TIMELESS MEMORIES STILL MEET
IT CONTINUES TO TRANSFIX
OLE ROUTE 66

BRIDGE
IT’S BEGINNING NOW TIME OUT OF MIND
NEW GENERATION ROADS MAINLINES
NINETEEN TWENTY-SIX TO EIGHTY-FIVE
THE ICON STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE

CHORUS
ROUTE 66, ON MY WAY
FROM CHICAGO TO LA
GOING ON A TIME TRAVEL 
PAST GLORY TO UNRAVEL
ON AMERICA’S MAIN STREET
TIMELESS MEMORIES STILL MEET
IT CONTINUES TO TRANSFIX
OLE ROUTE 66


IDEA AND LYRICS BY VIGDIS EIDSVAAG
MELODY BY BILL EKHOFF
PRODUCED BY SONGCAT PRODUCTION

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