I am not going anywhere I have the path ahead It still seems to be threadbare This old way is where I'm lost Under the stars I navigate Hope has been my surrogate Then when hope bore a child of fear Reality became something clear It has a cord I cut from home It has a cry I have heard before I have known this path ahead I still imagine I can take this road This pavement made with utopian soil It cements itself in the soles of these red shoes There are no places I can go So elsewhere from the path is where I'm to