The Road

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The Road

He walked out one morning, held up a cardboard sign
Forty minutes later he crossed the borderline
Down the old coast highway, Moclips, Aberdeen
Picked up by a trucker said he's headed to Eugene
Tapedeck blarin' Stevie Ray, guitar to curl your toes
Coffee stop in Portland, city of the rose
A little after midnight he saw the Springfield sign
Whispered bless you, Susie, and headed down the line

The road, it always helps you to remember
Things you might wish you could forget
It's a day in May, you're thinking of September
What you've lost and what you ain't found yet

Eureka, California, a strange name for a town
He bought another book to read and didn't stick around
Caught a ride to San Francisco where he had a place to stay
A Kansas gal, old poet pal, with a guitar he could play
Go see the sights and City Lights, poetry and jazz
Sit and play down by the bay, look out on Alcatraz
Sing July, You're A Woman, sing Rose Of The San Joaquin
Sing Good morning, America...and how the hell you been?

The road, it always helps you to remember
Things you might wish you could forget
It's a day in May, you're thinking of September
What you've lost and what you ain't found yet

Two weeks later, Colorado, college town, Trinidad
Ruined shoes and a case of blues, the worst you ever had
For all their beauty those mountains only block the view
For all you know and all you've done, you don't know what to do
And if home was really somewhere, you'd like to go today
Unfold a map on a bluejean lap and start to chart the way
But it's in the arms of someone, that feelin' you can't find
You don't know if she's ahead or a thousand miles behind

The road, it always helps you to remember
Things you might wish you could forget
It's a day in May, you're thinking of September
What you've lost, and what you ain't found yet

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