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Side Of The Road Lyrics
you wait in the car
on the side of the road
let me go and stand a while
i want to know you're there
but i want to be alone
if only for a minute or two
i want to see what it feels like
to leave without you
i want to feel the touch of my own skin
against the sun
against the wind
i walked out in a field
the grass was high and it brushed against my legs
i just stood and looked out at the open space
at a farm outside a little ways
and i wondered about the people who lived in it
and i wondered if they were happy and content
were there children and a man and a wife
and did she love him and take her hair down at night
if i stray to far from you
don't go and try to find me
it doesn't mean that i don't love you
and don't mean that i won't come back
and stay beside you
it only means that i need a little time
to follow that unbroken line
to a place where the wild things grow
to a place where i always used to go
if only for a minute or two
i want to see what it feels like
to leave without you
i want to feel the touch of my own skin
against the sun
against the wind
on the side of the road
let me go and stand a while
i want to know you're there
but i want to be alone
i want to see what it feels like
to leave without you
i want to feel the touch of my own skin
against the sun
against the wind
the grass was high and it brushed against my legs
i just stood and looked out at the open space
at a farm outside a little ways
and i wondered if they were happy and content
were there children and a man and a wife
and did she love him and take her hair down at night
don't go and try to find me
it doesn't mean that i don't love you
and don't mean that i won't come back
and stay beside you
to follow that unbroken line
to a place where the wild things grow
to a place where i always used to go
i want to see what it feels like
to leave without you
i want to feel the touch of my own skin
against the sun
against the wind
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Amazing song. Great lyrics.
where can i download this?
I think this is about a man (Ben) that wants to settle down, but is afraid / unwilling to let go of his independence. He loves the woman, but needs time and reassurance to come to terms with what the future with her means. Brilliant song.
I never understood this song, until I lived through it.
Before he can be in this relationship with this girl that he loves, he needs to figure out who he is. He still wants to be with her, but he needs to "follow that unbroken line." Not necessarily experience freedom, for obviously he wants to be with this girl. He needs to "feel the touch of my own skin," deal with issues in his past, find himself, before he can have another person join him in his life.
I don't know, I just feel like I really understand this song right now. My boyfriend said some of the same words to me.