Doctor

[Verse 1]
Call him doctor, call him king
Damn near called him anything
I don't think he even really knows
Black and blue and full of holes
Poor young girl done lost her soul
Lost her innocence and lost her clothes

[Pre-Chorus]
I met people, they've told stories
About kings and queens and glory
Love and war and hearts that broke so long ago
But just like God, I sat and listened
As the tales, they stretched like fences
Where they start and where they stop
Nobody knows

[Chorus]
Wherе did they go?
Where did thеy go?
Oh, tell me quick so I can choose another road
Where did they go?
Where did they go?
Oh tell me quick so I can choose another road

[Verse 2]
I met a writer, twenty-five
He said he thought of suicide
But he just killed off characters instead
I met a whore from New Orleans
Who said she dreamed of better things
But dreams were just a movie in her head

[Verse 3]
A friend came home from years of war
But wasn't like he was before
Drank all day to end the aching pain
Well, I met a preacher, old and gray
Said that he had lost his way
Knew that it was him he couldn't save

[Pre-Chorus]
I met people, they've told stories
About kings and queens and glory
Love and war and hearts that broke so long ago
But just like God, I sat and listened
As the tales, they stretched like fences
Where they start and where they stop
Nobody knows

[Chorus]
Where did they go?
Where did they go?
Oh, tell me quick so I can choose another road
Where did they go?
Where did they go?
Oh tell me quick so I can choose another road

[Verse 4]
Wrote a song when he was young
He sang with force, but not enough
Never know how hard he really tried
I'm in a state you'll never see
But there's no place I'd rather be
'Cept maybe somewhere deep down in the south

[Verse 5]
A miner came back from the earth
He's covered up in soot and dirt
Prayed his sons would never do without
A met a mystic who made the wheel
Twisted rivers out of steel
With every thought he had, he would astound

[Chorus]
Where did they go?
Where did they go?
Oh, tell me quick so I can choose another road
Where did they go?
Where did they go?
Oh tell me quick so I can loosen up my load
So I can loosen up my load