So long, I hate to see you go So I save my tears for later on down the road How come I keep I holding on Knowing you won’t be coming home As her car pulls out the driveway And she don’t wave goodbye Her last words echo in my mind Listen honey, I gotta

These boots I've worn out more souls than I can recount Done more stupid things than most would dare to I've kicked myself more times than not For the roads they led me down But the damnedest thing I've ever seen them do Is walkin' out on you. Damn these

Take it out on me And it's alright And now it's you who's floored by fear of it all Broad-shouldered beasts fill the sky Manhattan beats at the night But you are wrapped up in wire Curled up in fright So I took you to the city for the night To dance

There is a voice calling for me There is a light coming down on me There is a doubt that is clearing There is a day that is dawning There is a wound that is healing There is a season waiting for me There is a road that is turning There is a fire still

I won't take the easy road Show me my silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on I hear a voice calling Calling out for me These shackles I've made in an attempt to be free Be it for reason, be it for love Show me my silver lining The easy road, the easy

Ooh ooh, one for the road One for the road, ooh ooh So we all go back to yours and you sit and talk to me on the floor There's no need to show me round baby, I feel like I've been in here before I've been wondering whether later when you tell everybody

Want to be free, got be free, want to be free, got be free Free, free, free So I'd be young and free Daddy made a way for me He paved a road so my burden is lighter And Momma did just the same Dropping love just like rain Knew she could make it right

I've never been so torn up in all of my life, I should of seen this coming. I've never felt so hopeless, Than I do tonight. A boy of anguish now, he's a man of soul, Traded in his misery for the lonely life of the road. The years were cruel to him no He

It's where I drank my first beer It's where I found Jesus Where I wrecked my first car, I tore it all to pieces I learned the path to heaven Is full of sinners and believers Learned that happiness on earth Ain't just for high achievers

I'm running, running Got me running, running, ooh Now I'm running for my life Been too many miles Tryna find the road to you 'Cause you, you just wanna drive With no place in mind Where the hell we going to, oh? I just can't ignore it