| I’m there to greet you when your life begins
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| You’ll start your journey on your knees and hands
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| I offer many choices an' places you can go
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| 'Cause you must choose 'cause I’m just the road
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| I’m paved with mem’ries, glory and regrets
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| I’m lined with broken dreams and cigarettes
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| You can take all you can hold but if you stumble b’neath your load
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| Don’t blame me; |
| I’m just the road
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| I’m a million miles before you, I’m a million miles behind
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| I’ll take you straight and narrow, I’ll ramble and I’ll wind
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| So curse my broken brimstone or kiss my bricks of gold
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| I’m not the reason, I’m just the road
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| Road to riches, the path of righteousness
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| Through busy cities, or through a mountain mess
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| I’ll take you through the high way or snake you through the low
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| But it’s your call, I’m just the road
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| I’m a million miles before you, I’m a million miles behind
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| I’ll take you straight and narrow, I’ll ramble and I’ll wind
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| So curse my broken brimstone or kiss my bricks of gold
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| I’m not the reason, I’m just the road
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| Instrumental interlude
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| Your last breath is not the death of me
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| I’ll take you on to where your ticket reads
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| To that place where I hope shinin' angels greet your soul
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| If they don’t, I’m just the road
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| 'Cause I’m a million miles before you, I’m a million miles behind
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| I’ll take you straight and narrow, I’ll ramble and I’ll wind
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| So curse my broken brimstone or kiss my bricks of gold
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| I’m not the reason, I’m just the road
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| I’m a million miles before you, I’m a million miles behind
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| I’ll take you straight and narrow, I’ll ramble and I’ll wind
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| So curse my broken brimstone or kiss my bricks of gold
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| I’m not the reason, I’m just the road
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| So don’t you thank me don’t you blame me
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| When you’re at that judgment throne
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| 'Cause I’m not the reason, I’m just the road |