[00:09.853]Sitting alone in my hotel
[00:14.487]Looking in the mirror wondering, "well,
[00:18.635]After all this time you never thought you'd still be out on the road?"
[00:26.491]Like a gypsy I was born to roam
[00:30.852]Like a wanderer with no fixed abode
[00:34.603]I think about the friends I've left behind on the road
[00:43.204]Well, the road's been rocky along the way
[00:47.654]It's been a long, hard haul on the motorway
[00:52.116]But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day
[01:00.255](On the road)
[01:01.701]The bed and breakfasts and the greasy spoons
[01:04.532](The road)
[01:05.556]The loser bars and the noisy rooms
[01:08.701](The road)
[01:09.988]The casualties who did too many lines
[01:13.477](The road)
[01:14.660]Wasted talent on women and wine
[01:17.885]I think of all the friends I've left behind
[01:22.933]Whenever it's time to get back out on the road
[01:37.839]Started playing blues in a coffee bar
[01:41.340]I took a trip down Charing Cross Road
[01:45.012]With my imitation Gretsch guitar
[01:47.429]And my head full of songs and my eyes full of stars
[01:50.933]I saw a band called the Rolling Stones
[01:54.749]I thought, "that's it, I'll get a band,
[01:56.589]I'm leaving home, I'm out on the road."
[01:59.478]The motorways all over this land
[02:00.947](The road)
[02:02.069]Far away places like Wigan and Birmingham
[02:04.557](The road)
[02:05.044]Didn't have no name, didn't have any fans
[02:08.158](The road)
[02:08.949]Didn't have no money so we slept in the van
[02:11.837]All those early gigs we ever played
[02:14.653]Sometimes we were lucky if we even got paid
[02:18.293]On the road
[02:20.165]
[02:22.446]Liked to get around, mixing with all the stars
[02:25.294]But Mrs. Avory's child was all fingers and thumbs
[02:29.007]But solid as a rock, setting time on the drums
[02:32.268]While Dave the Rave hit the rock 'n' roll riffs
[02:35.665]Yours truly strummed away with a slightly limp wrist
[02:38.796]On the road
[02:50.964]Everyday is when I can't get used to it
[02:53.579]Everyday is when I can't get away
[02:56.724]Another day, another freeway to face
[02:59.261]That's the road
[03:02.532]Well, life is a road, it's a motorway
[03:06.112]And the road gets rocky along the way
[03:09.276]But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day
[03:13.056](On the road)
[03:16.811]Jimi Hendrix, The Who, the Led Zeppelin and Free
[03:20.196]They took the road so it's alright by me
[03:23.483]Some are survivors, some are debris
[03:26.482]If you play in a band that's the road that you take
[03:30.339]Living in it, eating in it, sleeping in it
[03:32.706]You wake up in the morning, what do you see?
[03:35.731]The road
[03:45.163]Life is a road, it's a motorway
[03:51.175]Lost a lot of good friends along the way
[03:58.151]All the families and homes that I've left behind
[04:01.991]To the wives and the lovers and friends who had their time
[04:08.001]I say, "you take your road and I'll take mine."
[04:12.787](You take your road and I'll take mine)
[04:15.847]You take your road and I'll take mine
[04:19.176](You take your road and I'll take mine)
[04:36.423]Life is a road, it's a motorway
[04:39.494]And the road gets rocky along the way
[04:42.821]But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day
[04:48.950](On the road)
[04:50.486]Observed all the various phases from
[04:53.222]Flower power, heavy metal and acid rock
[04:56.736]And still all the critics keep saying
[04:59.686]"Are they still around? When they gonna stop?"
[05:02.863]It's just the dedicated followers of fashion who like putting down
[05:06.285]All the well respected men who came dancing and are still on the road
[05:11.144]Sometime I get suicidal
[05:14.253]Now everyone is a rival
[05:17.430]Different cars, different bars and hotels
[05:20.879]Corporations, big business and egos
[05:23.478]When it all gets too bad I think back
[05:26.758]When we were all each other had
[05:28.847]When we started out on the road
[05:37.349]And there's gas in my tank and I've still got a way to go
[05:43.835]Another hotel, it's time to check out soon
[05:47.521]As I look around the room
[05:50.271]I think of all the friends I've left behind
[05:54.129]On the road

Sitting alone in my hotel
Looking in the mirror wondering, "well,
After all this time you never thought you'd still be out on the road?"
Like a gypsy I was born to roam
Like a wanderer with no fixed abode
I think about the friends I've left behind on the road
Well, the road's been rocky along the way
It's been a long, hard haul on the motorway
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day
(On the road)
The bed and breakfasts and the greasy spoons
(The road)
The loser bars and the noisy rooms
(The road)
The casualties who did too many lines
(The road)
Wasted talent on women and wine
I think of all the friends I've left behind
Whenever it's time to get back out on the road
Started playing blues in a coffee bar
I took a trip down Charing Cross Road
With my imitation Gretsch guitar
And my head full of songs and my eyes full of stars
I saw a band called the Rolling Stones
I thought, "that's it, I'll get a band,
I'm leaving home, I'm out on the road."
The motorways all over this land
(The road)
Far away places like Wigan and Birmingham
(The road)
Didn't have no name, didn't have any fans
(The road)
Didn't have no money so we slept in the van
All those early gigs we ever played
Sometimes we were lucky if we even got paid
On the road
Liked to get around, mixing with all the stars
But Mrs. Avory's child was all fingers and thumbs
But solid as a rock, setting time on the drums
While Dave the Rave hit the rock 'n' roll riffs
Yours truly strummed away with a slightly limp wrist
On the road
Everyday is when I can't get used to it
Everyday is when I can't get away
Another day, another freeway to face
That's the road
Well, life is a road, it's a motorway
And the road gets rocky along the way
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day
(On the road)
Jimi Hendrix, The Who, the Led Zeppelin and Free
They took the road so it's alright by me
Some are survivors, some are debris
If you play in a band that's the road that you take
Living in it, eating in it, sleeping in it
You wake up in the morning, what do you see?
The road
Life is a road, it's a motorway
Lost a lot of good friends along the way
All the families and homes that I've left behind
To the wives and the lovers and friends who had their time
I say, "you take your road and I'll take mine."
(You take your road and I'll take mine)
You take your road and I'll take mine
(You take your road and I'll take mine)
Life is a road, it's a motorway
And the road gets rocky along the way
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day
(On the road)
Observed all the various phases from
Flower power, heavy metal and acid rock
And still all the critics keep saying
"Are they still around? When they gonna stop?"
It's just the dedicated followers of fashion who like putting down
All the well respected men who came dancing and are still on the road
Sometime I get suicidal
Now everyone is a rival
Different cars, different bars and hotels
Corporations, big business and egos
When it all gets too bad I think back
When we were all each other had
When we started out on the road
And there's gas in my tank and I've still got a way to go
Another hotel, it's time to check out soon
As I look around the room
I think of all the friends I've left behind
On the road