“Turn Around”

I wandered down that dusty road
so long
it took me all the way
to hell and gone
     all I heard was an empty sound
     all it gave was the cold, hard ground
and all that I could do was turn around

I used to think the romance
  was in the pain
I’d sell my soul just to feel it
once again
     I cried at that high lonesome sound
     somewhere in that sleepy town
and all that I could do was turn around


The whistling train left
an echo in the wind
I tried but I could never
  hear that train again
     somewhere in that sleepy town
     I paid for all that cold, hard ground
and all that I could do was turn around


Down along that lost
and lonely road
I finally heard the words
that I’d been told
     I cast a wish on the nights
first star
  despite the rain
  I’d come so far
     despite the wind
       I’d listened for the sound
and all that I could do was
  Turn around
all that I can do is
turn around