
Date of issue: 13.09.1999
Song language: English
This Road |
The road stirs in the distance |
I stop and strain to view (I stop to take a look) |
across the bridge around the bend |
another passing through (he's goin' faster than he should) |
he trails the road behind him |
never waves or slows |
A headlong flight to somewhere else |
he hurries down the road |
Who is this passing stranger |
Who travels all alone |
Along some road to nowhere |
So far away from home |
I watch him at the crossing |
I watch him fade to dust |
he travels when he wants to |
I travel when I must |
This road was young when my granddad |
first plowed this tired land |
this road saw neighbors come and go |
and come and go again |
across the river, through the gap |
back and forth they flowed |
out of mem’ry, out of sight |
and out of this old road |
I remember all the young men |
Their call came loud and clear: |
Get a job, get a car |
Get the hell away from here |
And, one by one, they all were blown |
Like dust upon the wind |
Till what was left were those who found |
the road back home again |
This road was young when my granddad |
first plowed this tired land |
this road saw neighbors come and go |
and come and go again |
across the river, through the gap |
back and forth they flowed |
out of mem’ry, out of sight |
and out of this old road |
I guess the day will finally come |
when this road’s just like the rest |
No wild thread, but straight and wide |
where cars pass two abreast |
there’ll be no place for folks like me |
no place for sweet and slow |
down the highway fast and fierce |
a long time down this road |
This road was young when my granddad |
first plowed this tired land |
this road saw neighbors come and go |
and come and go again |
across the river, through the gap |
back and forth they flowed |
out of mem’ry, out of sight |
and out of this old road |
for the sweetest days are the days I’ve known |
standing here by the side of the road |
watching others come and go |
at home on this old road |
Name | Year |
---|---|
The Bramble And The Rose | 1985 |
Bramble and the Rose | 1999 |
Back in Your Own Backyard | 1999 |
Blacksmith | 1999 |
The Blacksmith | 1979 |