Ballad of the Long Road
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| [Verse 1] Thumb out on the highway Dust on a borrowed pack Wind in the gap between Where you are and turning back Maps drawn in pencil Plans written small You trust the next set of headlights You never see it at all [Chorus] Don’t take the long road Love Don’t climb in that car alone There’s a forest past the fences Where the trees remember bones Names carved into the silence Too quiet to be found Don’t take the long road Love Some roads don’t turn around [Verse 2] They said they were just missing Posters in the rain Smiles fading Ink bleeding On the glass at the station again Seven faces Still so young Caught in a stranger’s lie Tied to a patch of clearing Under a watching sky [Chorus] Don’t take the long road Love Don’t climb in that car alone There’s a forest past the fences Where the trees remember bones Names carved into the silence Too quiet to be found Don’t take the long road Love Some roads don’t turn around [Bridge] How many miles of empty How many nights of dread How many boots through bracken To count the uncounted dead We walk past the darkened turnoff Lights fixed on the town ahead Promise to call when we get there For the ones who never did [Chorus] Don’t take the long road Love Don’t climb in that car alone There’s a forest past the fences Where the trees remember bones Names carved into the silence We speak them out loud now Don’t take the long road Love Some roads don’t turn around |
Written, produced - Rick Dean
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