Headlights, white lights, black tar rivers
Dragging me around this country as it whithers
The billboards, signposts, standing in the way
Tell of the state of the nations, that we find today
And we play and we play
To every day, every day
To every day
In the front rooms of old towns far from the city
With beat up guitars and hearts full of pity
The people gather round singing songs from everywhere
Torn from the nation, left without a care
CHORUS
And we'll rid the bloody world for a moment in a word
And we'll rid the bloody world cos
The words that you heard when you were young will always stay
The one's that always stay make the world go away
Warm night, clear sky, European town
Out side the bars singing their hearts out to a crowd
Open boots, violin, banjo and a voice
Exiled buskers, happy with their choice
CHORUS
Dragging me around this country as it whithers
The billboards, signposts, standing in the way
Tell of the state of the nations, that we find today
To every day, every day
To every day
With beat up guitars and hearts full of pity
The people gather round singing songs from everywhere
Torn from the nation, left without a care
And we'll rid the bloody world cos
The words that you heard when you were young will always stay
The one's that always stay make the world go away
Out side the bars singing their hearts out to a crowd
Open boots, violin, banjo and a voice
Exiled buskers, happy with their choice
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I'm not certain what this song is about but i think its something to do with travelling around the country and doing their very best to change the blind thoughts of foolish men, despite how corrupt the country is. "And we'll rid the bloody world for a moment in a word" and how the words you heard when you were young stay and they influence you, your thoughts and your way of life. This song is great live. Another beautiful moment for me.
a song of touring and busking. This songs, in my opinion, is a song about the levellers in their early days and the feelings generated during small intimate gigs around the countryside. I think you're wrong to say they mean to change the world. More like they're saying: for a few moments, an hour or two, we, the band and the fans, will share the same emotions and for a while we'lll be able to forget about the rest of the world and "them", and just live in our own little clique
Good point. Your probably right
love this song, it undermines the critics, who label 'crusties', telling them the life choice is a conscious 1, and not regretted, but enjoyed, its freedom and peace
The Road puts a distance between a bad, decaying world of nations, cities and pollution, and an exiled, international group of musicians reconnecting with their roots by performing the music of their childhood. Very powerful.