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The Road Lyrics
When we come to place where the road and the sky collide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
They told me I was going to have to work for a living
But all I want to do is ride
I don't care where we're going from here
Honey, you decide
Well I spend my time at the bottom of a wishing well
And I can hear my dreams singing clear as a bell
I used to know where they ended and the world began
But now it's getting hard to tell
I could be just around the corner from heaven or a mile from hell
I'm just rolling away from yesterday
Behind a wheel of a stolen Chevrolet
I'm going to get a little higher
And see if I can hot-wire reality
Now can you see those dark clouds gathering up ahead?
They're going to wash this planet clean like the bible said
Now you can hold on steady and try to be ready
But everybody's gonna get wet
Don't think it won't happen just because it hasn't happened yet
I'm just rolling away from yesterday
Behind the wheel of a stolen Chevrolet
I'm going to get a little higher
And see if I can hot-wire reality
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
They told me I was going to have to work for a living
But all I want to do is ride
I don't care where we're going from here
Honey, you decide
And I can hear my dreams singing clear as a bell
I used to know where they ended and the world began
But now it's getting hard to tell
I could be just around the corner from heaven or a mile from hell
Behind a wheel of a stolen Chevrolet
I'm going to get a little higher
And see if I can hot-wire reality
They're going to wash this planet clean like the bible said
Now you can hold on steady and try to be ready
But everybody's gonna get wet
Don't think it won't happen just because it hasn't happened yet
Behind the wheel of a stolen Chevrolet
I'm going to get a little higher
And see if I can hot-wire reality
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Fantastic tune about the life of a musician. Faces coming in and out of your life if only for the moment. A very lonely existance really, yet so many wish to have it. Beautiful melody. very visual.
This song was actually written by Danny O'keefe. Both versions are tremendous, and quite different.
Yes, Danny O'Keefe wrote "The Road" in 1973, and Jackson Browne had a huge hit with it a few years later.
Jackson's version is great, but Danny O'Keefe's is more powerful... more of the lonely intensity somes through.
Do yourself a favor -- listen to Danny O'Keefe's music from the '70s and '80s. "The Road" is just one example of his superb songwriting.
The lyrics currently posted here are wrong; they belong to a different (and lesser) Jackson Browne song called "The Road and The SKY."
The correct lyrics for this song (2 words) start with "...Highways and dance halls, A good song takes you far..."
Song Meanings, please restore the proper lyrics. Thanks!