I woke up early this morning around 4 a.m. With the moon shining bright as headlights on the interstate I pulled the covers over my head and tried to
See that girl, barefootin' along Whistlin' and singin', she's a carryin' on There's laughing in her eyes, dancing in her feet She's a neon-light diamond
Once there was a way to get back homeward Once there was a way to get back home Sleep pretty darling do not cry And I will sing a lullaby Golden slumbers
on, to see my baby So I pack my things and I'm going to the highway, going on my way Gotta move on, the road is much too long Much too long One huge road
There's a new wind blowin' like I've never known I'm breathin' deeper than I've ever done And it sure feels good, to finally feel the way I do Now, I
It ticks just like a Timex It never lets up on you Who said life was easy The job is never through It'll run us 'til we're ragged It'll harden our hearts
can't break free Oh is this the way it's always gonna be, what about me? Well I'm dreamin' I'm on a highway with the windows down I'm burnin' up the road
and me, we'll go motorbike ridin' In the sun and the wind and the rain I got money in my pocket, I got a tiger in my tank And I'm king of the road again
I've seen that darkness on the edge of town The sun come up and the rain fall down And I've been a fool, yeah, I've been around And when the world got
lost it but it won't get to me 'Cause I'm ridin' with my baby and it's a brand new day We're on the wheels of an angel, flyin' away And the sun is shinin', this road
There was a world outside my door I wasn't in touch with anymore There was a way I used to feel I knew what was and wasn't real You built a bridge, I
We all drink to forget, some of us more than most When reality gets too real and the fires of hell to close But I'm here to let you know that that you
trust" And a little sure felt good, but a lot was not enough And everybody loved me when I was on a roll And I thought I had everything when I held the gold
When you walked up behind me and covered my eyes And whispered in my ear, guess who? Well I rattled off names like I really didn't know But all along
Lately I've been noticing I say the same things he used to say And I even find myself Acting the very same way I tap my fingers on the table to the rhythm
in the road Tear it down It's too great a load every break in the road With your own hands It's too great a load every break in the road
going insane refrein: And the road swallows her name And the memory still remains Saying love is a wonderful thing It can't fly on a broken wing And the road
darkest night The moral night is the darkest night They don't know I cut my feet on the white shell road I cut my feet on the white shell road They
