Story Behind The Song
The songwriter loves a untamable woman who always leaves him for the open road.
Song Description
Country Western Alternative Folk Ballad
| Song Length |
4:07 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Rural |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Engaging, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Lost Love |
| Similar Artists |
Garth Brooks, Lucinda Williams |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
Late at night, I do declare the melody of roses in your stare.
And, I'd burn the road 10,000 miles to be the man, the honeycomb in your life.
Once again I find myself terrfied to dream, marked for death.
That I would live one moment more, shackled to these minnow close to shore.
So, if you roll all night until your lights burn out,
Stars will shine as my prayers go up in the dark.
And, if you're rolling back down Hwy. 41, I guess you're headed back out to California.
Come again, and sit for a spell. I swoon to the certainty of your hair.
Never more can I deny the better days I hope for in your smile.
Well, I know it's late and you must move on. So, carry me in the bosom of this song.
How am I to carry on? My dreamer's left and my dreaming's almost done, almost done.
So, if you roll all night until your lights burn out, you know the stars will shine as my prayers go up in the dark.
And, if you're rolling back down Hwy. 41, I guess you're headed back out down to California.
Back to California.