The Road

The Road by Barefoot McCoy ©2015. www.barefootmccoy.com

Hitch-a-hikin' yellow highway lines

Through minin’ towns with railway signs

Across the Mason-Dixon Line and I'm on fire.

I'm ridin’ in the cold train car

And sleepin' under every star

The space has never felt so far to where you are.

And although I will love you ’til the end,

The road's my only friend.

I'm a-dancin’ on the oil rigs,

Just like Rockefeller did.

I’m livin' like an outlaw kid, my heart is hid.

I'm on a raft with old hook Finn, 

Countin’ waves to where you been,

Listenin’ to the rain and wind a-whisperin’.

So let the river roll and free my soul.

Thank God if life only makes you old.

And although I will love you ’til the end,

The road's my only friend.

I'm a-livin’ in a different time;

I’m dyin’ on the other side;

Leavin’ this old world behind and I feel fine

Oh, I'm livin’ by the canyon light

And dyin’ by the old dig site,

Searchin’ for this heart of mine I know I'll never find.

Though I could lead you helpless by the hand,

It's a world you'd never understand.

So let the river roll and free my soul.

Thank God if life only makes you old.

And although I will love you ’til the end,

The road's my only friend.