gonna make him a man someway
forgotten hopes of yesterdays
gonna keep his head down & learn to pray...

lonely roads
when you're all alone, all you know
are these lonely roads

A razor drug across an old man's chin
getting him ready for a big last day to begin
dressed up fancy in a nice big box
family gathers with friends in good thoughts

To say "we'll miss you" to a loved one's loss
Years done spent. Life's only real cost.


She kept those feelings locked up tight
a little place just behind her eyes
brushed her hair and said, "everything's
alright"

nobody thought to ask
until things had gotten so bad
what was it that made her feel so
trapped ?

lonely roads
into unknown
which way to go (it's hard to know)
on these lonely roads

Railyard cars have all gone home
a younger man's dreams up in smoke
a story long been told
ends before it was ever wrote

Belt fastened & hair is combed
time to leave it behind & go
with ragged jeans still not sewn
times gone by of lonely roads

lonely roads
into unknown
it's hard to know (which way to go)
on a lonely road