The Road
Hitch-a-hikin' yellow highway lines
Through minin’towns with railway signs
Across the Mason-Dixon Line and I'm on fire.
I'm ridin’in the cold train car
And sleepin' under every starâ
The space has never felt so far to where you are.
And although I will love you âtil the end,
The road's my only friend.
I'm a-dancin’on the oil rigs,
Just like Rockefeller did.
Iâm livin' like an outlaw kid, my heart is hid.
I'm on a raft with old hook Finn,
Countin’waves to where you been,
Listenin’to the rain and wind a-whisperinâ.
So let the river roll and free my soul.
Thank God if life only makes you old.
And although I will love you âtil the end,
The road's my only friend.
I'm a-livin’in a different time;
Iâm dyin’on the other side;
Leavin’this old world behind and I feel fine
Oh, I'm livin’by the canyon light
And dyin’by the old dig site,
Searchin’for this heart of mine I know I'll never find.
Though I could lead you helpless by the hand,
It's a world you'd never understand.
So let the river roll and free my soul.
Thank God if life only makes you old.
And although I will love you âtil the end,
The road's my only friend.
