Lyrics:
Stop banging away on my kaleidoscope
Stop draining the color out of my scene
Just play me something I can dance to
I can dance to anything you wanna sing
So lock me up in a studio
Fill it up with sound and scenarios
Stop blocking the driveway with your car
Put the butterfly in the bell jar
It's the first time that I'm worried
Of a bad dream, of a journey
On the highway, through the valley
It's a long road through the night
It's a long road
Hear a stranger's voice in the front yard
Let the hours tick past the deadline
Get another stamp in your passport
Wash your breakfast down with some red wine
To leave the progress on your game
Try to fall asleep while your ears ring
From the loudest songs on your mix tape
I can dance to anything you wanna sing
No reason, no action
No silence, no help here
Nobody came running up by my side
It's the first time that I'm worried
Of a bad dream, of a journey
On the highway, through the valley
It's a long road through the night
It's the first time that I'm worried
Of a bad dream, of a journey
On the highway, through the valley
It's a long road through the night
It's a long road to get it right
It's the first time that I'm worried
Of a bad dream, of a journey
On the highway, through the valley
It's a long road through the night
It's the first time that I'm worried
Of a bad dream, of a journey
On the highway, through the valley
It's a long road through the night
It's a long road
(To get, to get it right)
(To get, to get, to get it right)
(To get, to get it right)
(To, to, to get, to get it right)
When you feel like there's nowhere to go
Get up and take the high road
When you feel like you're all alone
Get up and take the high road, oh, no
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
If you wanna reach the Promised Land
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
If you wanna reach the Promised Land
Now we must keep the
Faith with each temptation
Like when you feel like you're
Cast in the storm
With every mile of trial and tribulation
Remember that we never walk alone
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
If you wanna reach the Promised Land
It's a lonely
Winding path that we must travel
Leave it to our own God for help
The mysteries of the journey we'll unravel
We'll understand it all when we get there
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
If you wanna reach the Promised Land
Well, when the way gets deep
And deep in sorrow
And now this step is more than you can bear
And just remember there's hope for tomorrow
Through the darkness
God will hear your prayer
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
If you wanna reach the Promised Land
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
If you wanna reach the Promised Land
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
Take the high road through the valley
If you wanna reach the Promised Land
If you wanna reach the Promised Land
Ooh yeah, brave I endure
Ooh yeah, strong shields and lore
And they can't hold the wrath of those who walk
An' the boots of those who march
Baby, through the roads of time so long ago
Ooooh, yeah
Ooooh
Oooooh, yeah
Ahhh
Ahhh
Ahhh
Ahhh
Oooooh
Hooooh
Hooooh
Hooooh
Hahhhh
Hoooh hooh hoooh hah hahhh
But you love another,
That's why I must go.
Down the road to nowhere,
I'll wander my lonely days through.
Down the road to nowhere,
I'm nowhere at all without you.
Ooh yeah, brave I endure
Ooh yeah, strong shields and lore
And they can't hold the wrath of those who walk
An' the boots of those who march
Baby, through the roads of time so long ago
Ooh, yeah
Ooh
Ooh, yeah
Ah
Ah
Ah
Ah
Ooh
Hooh
Hooh
Hoph
Hah
Hooh hooh hooh hah hah
We're goin' west to Kaintuck, down the road to Moccasin Gap
Down the wilderness road, down the dug road, the old reedy creek road
The road down troublesome, the road through Moccasin Gap
Well, it's a hot day in '73 and this is my wife and my kid with me
Daniel Boone lost his boy the other day
Young Jim Boone's dead, now twenty miles away
Well, if you love your wife and love your baby, man
You better turn that wagon back as soon as you can
Every Injun in them hills has gone berserk
And you never gonna make it to Kaintuck
Ah, I bet I'm gonna make it to Kaintuck
I'm goin' west to Kaintuck, down the road to Moccasin Gap
Down the wilderness road, down the dug road, the old reedy creek road
The road down troublesome, the road through Moccasin Gap
There's something
That's weighing heavy on my heart
And heavy on my chest
I'm a long night, you're the morning
I annoy you and you bore me
And it's hard enough to make it through a road that's already a mess
All the good time we'll be just fine
Either way we need to be happy
Tell me, is this thing on?
(Exodus)
(Movement of Jah people)
Men and people will fight ya down
When ya see Jah light
Let me tell you if you're not wrong
Well, everything is all right
So we gonna walk
Through the roads of creation
We the generation
Tread through great tribulation
In this exodus
Good god almighty
Movement of Jah people
Exodus
The movement of Jah people
Oh, well, well, well
Open your heart, uh!
You can take a road that takes you to the stars now
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through.
When a road I walked before
Ends alone at my front door
I shouldn't cry but I do, like an ordinary fool
When his ordinary dreams fall through
When a road I walked before
Ends alone at my front door
I shouldn't cry but I do, like an ordinary fool
When his ordinary dreams fall through
Everything is all right
So we gonna walk, alright
Through di roads of creation
We the generation (tell me why)
(Trod through great tribulation) trod through great tribulations
Exodus, alright
Movement of Jah people
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, alright
Exodus
Movement of Jah people, oh, yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah, well
Uh, open your eyes and look within
Are you satisfied (with the life you're living)?
Everything is all right
So we gonna walk, alright
Through di roads of creation
We the generation (tell me why)
(Trod through great tribulation) trod through great tribulations
Exodus, alright
Movement of Jah people
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, alright
Exodus
Movement of Jah people, oh, yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah, well
Uh, open your eyes and look within
Are you satisfied (with the life you're living)?
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a summer
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a time
I guess I never took the time to tell you how much I love you
Now you and the road keep flashing through my mind
You and the road keep flashing through my mind
I caught a sunrise service on a Sunday in North Dakota
Imagine you and me singing in a gospel choir
Spent a rainy night on a river in Oklahoma
Saw the northern lights on a Minnesota night
And our souls went a little bit higher
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a summer
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a time
I guess I never took the time to tell you how much I love you
Oow, you and the road keep flashing through my mind
You and the road keep flashing through my mind
The old De Soto died on a hill
It couldn't climb in Montana
The kid who bought the wreck said
What the heck, I'll give you a thirty five
So we were on our own
Had our thumbs to take us home to California
By the time we made Denver
With our truck drivin' friend we had wheels on fire
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a summer
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a time
I guess I never took the time to tell you how much I love you
Now you and the road keep flashing through my mind
You and the road keep flashing through my mind
You and the road, you and the road on my mind
You've got blue blood on your hands
I think it's my own
We can go down to the streets
And follow the shores
Of all the people
We could be two
Then I bite my nails to the quick
Run back home
You've got blue blood on your hands
I know it's my own
You came at me in the midnight
To show me my soul
Of all the people
I hoped it'd be you
To come and free me, take me away
To show me my home
Where I was born
Where I belong
'Cause you've got blue blood on your hands
I want you to know
I hoped you'd come and take me away
Back to my home
Of all the people
It had to be you
Then I bite my nails to the quick
Run back home
You showed me where to go
To my home, to my home
So take me through the roads
That you know to my home
You've got blue blood on your hands
I know it's my own
You came at me in the midnight
To show me my soul
You showed me where to go
To my home, to my home
So take me through the roads
That you know to my home
Come with me, accept it, affect it, protect it (you showed me)
Come with me, accept it, so now you know (where to go, to my home)
Come with me, accept it, affect it, protect it (to my home, you showed me)
Come with me accept it, so now you know (where to go, to my home)
To my home
You showed me where to go
To my home, to my home
So take me through the roads
That you know, that you know
That you know
To my home
So take me through the roads
That you know where you know
You showed me where to go, to my home
Come with me, accept it, affect it, protect it
Come with me, accept it, so now you know
Come with me, accept it, affect it, protect it
Come with me, accept it, so now you know
You've got the blood on your hands
I know it's my own
We can go down to the streets
And follow the shores
Of all the people
I hoped it'd be you
You showed me my way back home
To where I was born
Where I belong
Where I belong
When I watch you sleeping
There's nothing that you hide
When I smell you breathing
There's a sweetness from inside
And when I feel you stirring
And the day is about to break
Outside wings are whirring
And the sky is there to take
I wonder how I got so close to you
And see the chances that you take
Without thinking I'm going there too
These are the promises you make
When your eyes are blinded by love
And the history of fate
When I hear you purring
Like a kitten and a lion
And I feel your softness
How you got it without trying
Then you roll and tumble
With your dreams still holding on
And I hear that rumble
In the stomach of the dawn
Today I paint my masterpiece
Tonight I trace my tears
Thinking through the road I took to you
And where I stumbled through the years
Today I paint my masterpiece
Tonight I trace my tears
Thinking through my path to you
And where I stumbled through the years
That's when I knew I'd never hold you down
Repeating old roads and fears
Now the crows are calling
And the blackbirds sing in my ear
You got one eye open
And I'm smiling through my tears
But you'll never see them
Here inside with my fears
In a place that's fading away
And taking on new years
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a summer
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a time
I guess I never took the time to tell you how much I love you
Now you and the road keep flashing through my mind
You and the road keep flashing through my mind
I caught a sunrise service on a Sunday in North Dakota
Imagine you and me singing in a gospel choir
Spent a rainy night on a river in Oklahoma
Saw the northern lights on a Minnesota night
And our souls went a little bit higher
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a summer
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a time
I guess I never took the time to tell you how much I love you
Oow, you and the road keep flashing through my mind
You and the road keep flashing through my mind
The old De Soto died on a hill
It couldn't climb in Montana
The kid who bought the wreck said
What the heck, I'll give you a thirty five
So we were on our own
Had our thumbs to take us home to California
By the time we made Denver
With our truck drivin' friend we had wheels on fire
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a summer
Didn't we have ourselves some kind of a time
I guess I never took the time to tell you how much I love you
Now you and the road keep flashing through my mind
You and the road keep flashing through my mind
You and the road, you and the road on my mind
One flag was taken down
To raise another in it's place
A heavy cross you bear
A stubborn heart remains unchanged
No home, no life, no love
No stranger singing in your name
But maybe the season
The colors change in the valley skies
Dear God, I've sealed my fate
Running through hell
Heaven can wait
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead end in sight
Let's say we take this town
No king or queen of any state
Get up to shut it down
Open the streets and raise the gates
I know a wall to scale
I know a field without a name
Head on without a care
Before it's way too late
Maybe the season
The colors change in the valley skies
Oh God, I've sealed my fate
Running through hell
Heaven can wait
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead ends
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead end in sight
For every piece to fall in place
Forever gone without a trace
Your horizon takes its shape
No turning back, don't turn that page
Come now, I'm leaving here tonight
Come now, let's leave it all behind
Is that the price you pay
Running through hell
Heaven can wait
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead ends
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead ends
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead end in sight
Safe in the eye of the storm
Mercy and faith keep me warm
Oh the dreams I've seen tattered and torn
Just when I think I can't take anymore
You give me shelter and never will I be alone
Hold me closer and help me to find my way home
Cause it's a long road through the darkest of nights
But your love won't let me lose sight
Of the glory of life
High is this mountain I climb
Deep is this river of time
The devils got trouble in mind
Sometimes I stumble
But you're there to remind me
Standing right there beside me
You give me shelter and never will I be alone
Hold me closer and help me to find my way home
Cause its a long road through the darkest of nights
But your love won't let me lose sight
Of the glory of life
This world has left me tangled up inside
No where left to hide
And the wind and rain
Is baring down on me
(Baring down, wearing down on me)
You give me shelter and never will I be alone
Hold me closer and help me to find my way home
Through the darkest of nights
But your love won't let me lose sight
You give me shelter and never will I be alone
Hold me closer and help me to find my way home
Cause its a long road through the darkest of nights
But your love won't let me lose sight
Of the glory of life
One flag was taken down
To raise another in it's place
A heavy cross you bear
A stubborn heart remains unchanged
No home, no life, no love
No stranger singing in your name
But maybe the season
The colors change in the valley skies
Dear God, I've sealed my fate
Running through hell
Heaven can wait
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead end in sight
Let's say we take this town
No king or queen of any state
Get up to shut it down
Open the streets and raise the gates
I know a wall to scale
I know a field without a name
Head on without a care
Before it's way too late
Maybe the season
The colors change in the valley skies
Oh God, I've sealed my fate
Running through hell
Heaven can wait
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead ends
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead end in sight
For every piece to fall in place
Forever gone without a trace
Your horizon takes its shape
No turning back, don't turn that page
Come now, I'm leaving here tonight
Come now, let's leave it all behind
Is that the price you pay
Running through hell
Heaven can wait
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead ends
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead ends
Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead end in sight
I got no money in my pockets
I got a hole in my jeans
I had a job and I 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 keeps windin'
Through the prettiest country
From Georgia to Tennessee
And I got the one I love beside me
My troubles behind me
I'm alive and I'm free
Who wouldn't want to be me
Now she's strummin' on my six-string
Across her pretty knees
She's stompin' out a rhythm
And singin' to me the sweetest song
The sun is shinin'
This road keeps windin'
Through the prettiest country
From Georgia to Tennessee
And I got the one I love beside me
My troubles behind me
I'm alive and I'm free
Who wouldn't want to be me
Oh, the sun is shinin'
And this road keeps windin'
Through the prettiest country
From Georgia to Tennessee
I got the one I love beside me
My troubles behind me
I'm alive and I'm free
Who wouldn't want to be me
I got no money in my pockets
I got a hole in my jeans
We're on the wheels of an angel
And I'm free
She's strummin' on my six-string
It's across her pretty knees
She's stompin' out a rhythm
And singin' to me
I've been runnin' to river all alone
Keep on climbing 'cause it's what I've known
I was waiting for something real to start
Almost dreaming up full bad of my heart
Watching my life from a window seat
The miles are taking their toll of me
I thought my days on the road were through
Till I started runnin' it with you
Life was slowly passing by, till I had you by my side
I thought my days on the road were through
Till I started runnin' it with you
Yeah
Now I'm sailing as far as I can see
Was against the wind but now it carries me
I was waiting for something real to start
Glad I left some room here for yours
Watching my life from a window seat
The miles are taking their toll of me
I thought my days on the road were through
Till I started runnin' it with you
Life was slowly passing by, till I had you by my side
I thought my days on the road were through
Till I started runnin' it with you
Yeah
Oh, listen to your heart when you need more loving
Take another chance when you need rush in your bones
You're not alone
Oh, if you start to feel like you can't stop runnin'
Find another place that you feel like calling home, call it home
Yeah yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Watching my life from a window seat
The miles are taking their toll of me
I thought my days on the road were through
Till I started runnin' it with you
Life was slowly passing by, till I had you by my side
I thought my days on the road were through
Till I started runnin' it with you
We're runnin'
We're runnin'
Uuuh uh uh uh
I'm runnin'
I'm runnin'
I'm runnin'
I'm runnin'
With you
Sugar baby, be my savior
'Cause I'm tired, I'm tired
I've been eight days on the road
That's right, yes it is
Eight days on the road
Travelin' through the night
There ain't no town, ain't no town
Ain't no rest tonight, yeah
Broke and busted, standin' on the county line
And that's why, and that's why
I've been eight days on the road (eight days on the road)
Now that's right, yes it is
Eight days on the road
Travelin' through the night
There ain't no town, ain't no town
There ain't no rest tonight, oh (eight days on the road)
I'm out here thinkin', thinkin', I'm thinking 'bout what I've done
And that's why, oh ha yay I'm eight days on the road (eight days on the road)
That's right, oh eight days on the road
Travelin' through the night
I'm comin' home, I won't be long, I'll make Birmingham tonight
That's real, that's real
I'm makin' it back to you baby
I'm makin' it back to you baby
Yeah, I'm makin' it back to you baby
I'm makin' it back to you baby
Oh oh oh babe (eight days on the road)
Eight days on the road
Oh yeah that's right, yes it is
I've been eight days on the road
Yeah oh I've been stuck
(Shocking) eight days on the road (eight days on the road)
Ah yes it is
I've been eight days on the road (eight days on the road)
There are times when the winds blow every word I cry back again
And it gets hard, hard as I try to find the strength to even survive
But when I've done all I can do
I can always turn to you
Another shoulder at the wheel to see me through
When the road is long, and the tears are real
When I'm past the point of giving up
There's nothing like the feel of another shoulder at the wheel
In my path there's stones I could never roll away alone
There are times when I wake and my knees will tremble and shake
But there's someone who cares
And when I need you, you'll be there
Another shoulder at the wheel to see me through
When the road is long, and the tears are real
When I'm past the point of giving up
There's nothing like the feel of another shoulder at the wheel
Another shoulder at the wheel to see me through
When the road is long, and the tears are real
When I'm past the point of giving up
There's nothing like the feel of another shoulder at the wheel
Oh another shoulder at the wheel
A church is burning
The flames rise higher
Like hands that are praying a-glow in the sky
Like hands that are praying the fire is saying,
"You can burn down my churches but I shall be free."
Three hooded men through the back road did creep
Torches in their hands while the village lies asleep
Down to the church where just hours before
Voices were singing and hands were beating
And saying I won't be a slave any more.
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