Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Canadian national treasure Gordon Lightfoot spent his nearly 50-year career crafting the kind of enduring folk-pop gems that strike a universal chord, singing about everything from love to politics. On "Carefree Highway" he takes a gentle drive through love and loss, reflecting on the ultimate road trip: Route 66 in the US, aka the highway connecting Chicago to California. This ode to the open road finds Gordon Lightfoot behind the wheel with the wind in his hair and freedom at his fingertips as he engages in a mission to mend his broken heart ("Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream"). "Carefree Highway" was featured on Gordon Lightfoot's ninth studio album Sundown, which embodied the now-signature folk-country sound of his decades-love oeuvre and marked the biggest commercial triumph of his career, becoming the only one of his LPs to hit number one on the pop chart in the US.