GARY JULES LYRICS - The Road Beside The Highway

"The Road Beside The Highway"



By moonlight we found our way down to the river

And searched for the crossing there

Where people-less leaders watch the children of chaos

Fall into disorder

We took the sky my sisters and I

With the angels we met on the way

Saw the soul of Joe Strummer dance the Bo Diddley

Standing on the grave of James Earl Ray



My mother the water

My father the sun in a bit of sky

I am the road beside the highway through town

My mother the water

My father the sun in a bit of sky

I am the road beside the highway through town



From my father I learned anger

From my mother I learned hope

But now it’s later and I am older

I am grateful for both



By sunrise we came to the crossing

Where the old dogs were sniffing the ground

To rise out of Omaha high through the Flatirons

Down to the ocean

And there by the sea my brother and me

And the whiskey we were drinking

Words, words, everywhere

Not a thought for thinking



My mother the water

My father the sun in a bit of sky

I am the road beside the highway through town

My mother the water

My father the sun in a bit of sky

I am the road beside the highway through town