The Road is a River

[couchgrouch]

The Road is a RiverThe moon floats on the highwaylike a silver sail in the nightit says freedom is coming my wayso I should hop on and ridethe road is a river, that's running foreverand its current calls out to mefrom freeways to alleys,through cities and alleysand tomorrow is the seayeah, the road is a riverwhen life is going nowhereit just goes faster till it's gonethe time came for me to go wheretime feels like it just flows onthe road is a river, that's running foreverand its current calls out to mefrom freeways to alleys,through cities and alleysand tomorrow is the seayeah, the road is a riverdrinking and women are a drifter's habitsbut what's a river journey without the rapidsso roll on, roll onlet it take me awayyeah...roll on, roll onit won't lead me astrayI'm bound for eastern horizonsI see the sun and give thanksthat I won't watch the day risin'standing still on the banksthe road is a river, that's running foreverand its current calls out to mefrom freeways to alleys,through cities and alleysand tomorrow is the seayeah, the road is a river(c)2004 Robert George