Lonesome Road Of Tears

Oo de le do lo oo leee de deee
Oh do le do lay-e de deee
Oda da doodalie oh
Dooda da doodalie eh
I de le lay oh lay deee

I’m driving down the highway
And struck this bumpy by-way
My foolishness has thrown me out of gear
I don’t know why I turned off
I only know I’m burnt off
As I’m travelling down the lonesome road of tears

My girl was smart and streamline
Smooth as any shear line
I’m just like a burnt out Model T
The sign board reads “Tomorrow
You’ll still be chasing sorrow
As you’re travelling down the lonesome road of tears”

In dreams I wander through
Those summer nights with you
Oh darling, they were happy times
Now my heart is filled with woe
Because I let you go
We parted when I crossed the double lines

Now I’m driving down the highway
My dreams are just a bi-way
And I’m travelling down the lonesome road of tears

Oo de le do lo oo leee de deee
Oh do le do lay-e de deee
Oda da doodalie oh
Dooda da doodalie eh
I de le lay oh lay deee

I’m driving and I’m dreaming
But the moon above is beaming
As if he’s bubbling over with his beams
Oh I’d like to try his skyways
Moonlit open highways
Instead of travelling down this road of tears

I’ve tried so hard to show
And let my girly know
How much I regret my play
I’ve pleaded and I’ve lied
I’ve hung my head and cried
But she just walks and turns the other way

So I guess it’s time to wander
My blues are getting stronger
As I’m moving on down the lonesome road of tears