Riding Down King’s Highway

I’ll admit it; the main reason I wanted to take the long way from Madaba to Wadi Musa down the King’s Highway was because King’s Highway is one of my most favorite songs.  I’m pretty sure one has nothing to do with another, officially, but unofficially, they are linked in my mind.  This was a song I listened to quite frequently when daydreaming about the trip, long before I even knew there was a King’s Highway in Jordan or that I’d someday ride down it.

When the time gets right
I’m gonna pick you up
And take you far way from trouble my love
Under a big ol’ sky
Out in a field of green
There’s gotta be something left for us to believe

Oh, I await the day
Good fortune comes our way
And we ride down the Kings Highway

No you can’t hide out
In a six gun town
We wanna hold our heads up, but we gotta stay down
I don’t wanna end up
In a room all alone
Don’t wanna end up someone that I don’t even know

Lover, I await the day
Good fortune comes our way
And we ride down the Kings Highway

– King’s Highway, Tom Petty

2 Responses to “Riding Down King’s Highway”

1. Gillian says:

   October 19, 2010 at 11:59 am

   Stunning! It must have been surreal to sing the song as you motored along the Kings Highway…

2. Mary R says:

   October 21, 2010 at 4:19 pm

   I think using a song as inspiration is as good a reason as any other! Sometimes we do make those associations in our mind… actually my desire to visit Argentina totally came from being obsessed with the Evita musical as a kid.