Possible Clues:

• Motorway a messy place with poor visibility
• A bit emotional
• Song requested in a 1971 film
• 'Play ___ for Me'
• Foggy; dim in outline
• Like eyes that are tearing up
• Roadhouse, perhaps, played in film with poor visibility
• Dim, indistinct
• The writer is lifting pen? It's not clear
• Like eyes when you're getting nostalgic, maybe