In "Love On The Line," Hudson Westbrook plays a road-weary musician racing home after forty days away, his ears still ringing from the stage. The phone call waiting for him matters more than any applause because she has been up all night worrying. He pushes the pedal down with something to prove, knowing that a love this rare means everything to lose. The repeated image of her waiting turns distance into urgency, and the song lands on the simple truth that real devotion is worth hurrying back to.
Love On The Line Lyrics by Hudson Westbrook
I left my heart and my soul out there up on that stage
I ain’t complainin’, I’ve been out here ’bout forty days
We turned it up, and we burned up the road
My ears are ringin’, but so is my phone
I got love on the line
And love is hard to find
Wherever she is is where I belong
That kind of girl you just can’t hang up on
I got love on the line
Waitin’ for me
She’s been all worried
And up all night long over me
My gettin’-home pedal’s right down to the metal, top speed
I’m on my way back with somethin’ to prove
When you got one that good
You got everything to lose
I got love on the line
And love is hard to find
Wherever she is is where I belong
That kind of girl you just can’t hang up on
I got love on the line
Waitin’ for me
I wish I could stay, but I gotta get gone
Can’t leave a girl like her
Waitin’ too long
I got love
Yeah, I got love
Love, yeah, I got love
Yeah, love on the line
And love is hard to find
Wherever she is is where I belong
That kind of girl you just can’t hang up on
I got love on the line
Waitin’ for me, yeah
Yeah, she’s waitin’ and waitin’ and waitin’ for me
