The Open Road

Folk · AB form · 2026-02-25
Time Signature
2/4 or 4/4
Form
AB
Sections
3
Total Lines
16
Genre
Folk
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A¹Verse 1Verse 1
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I left the town before the morning came
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and chased the light across the open plain
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the wind behind me calling out my name
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and setting me ablaze
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The rivers wide and restless in the dark
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reflected back the hunger in my heart
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I never learned to follow from the start
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just wandered through the haze
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Out on the road where the wind never stays
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under the measureless open sky
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nobody tells you the end of your days
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just keep moving or you die
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out on the road where the wanderers go
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somewhere between the dark and the dawn
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I find myself in everything I know
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and keep on keeping on
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