The Road

[Verse 1]
It was on a summer's evening
The air was still and calm
I drove out to the highway
Where a traveler's soul belongs
Where my soul belongs

[Verse 2]
I could hear the highway crying
That lonesome road did wail
I took off for the horizon
Like I'd spent my life in jail
Like I'd been in jail

[Verse 3]
I drove faster and faster
The tires would not slow
Just one more mile, then after
It's homeward I will go
It's back home I'll go

[Verse 4]
Then the darkness did surround me
A cold fog settled in
It was my eyes and the headlights
Who'd seen where we'd been
Who knew where we'd been

[Verse 5]
Then the road rose up to meet me
And gathered me in its arms
Whispered to me sweetly
I'll keep you safe from harm
You'll never know harm

[Verse 6]
Leave your home, leave your family
Leave them all behind
There are golden fields and valleys
The kind that poets rhyme
Ha ah ha ah

[Verse 7]
Run and tell my little sister
Her hair is flowing red
Tell her that I miss her and
I'm anything but dead
Tell her I'm not dead

[Outro]
Ha ha ah ha ha ah ah
Ha ha ah ah ah