The Road

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather © 8/13/99

how many times
will you turn away
down a dark street
wet with tears
how may times
can you acquiesce
to all your passions and your fears

soft evening light
in the heart of town
on glossy roads
smoke trails glow
once knew a mojoman
who disappeared
into a vapor from below

where does it take you
where does it lead
are there signposts i can read
she said it turns right into paradise
soon as it passes through her creed

nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah nah [repeat]

some roads are narrow
some are broad
some take you
where they bleach your bones
he sold his music
for a pint of stout
somewhere down the road
of sad blue tones

where did it start
where does it end
what is coming round the bend
i see no future in lonely roads
in fantasies we pretend

nah nah nah ...

some lead to calvary
some to rome
some to moslems
christians and jews
some end in college towns
a new elite
has given buddha rave reviews

eight lane highways
bleeding arteries
gridlocked in hopeless deep despair
cannot traverse beyond this road we’re on
can’t pay the toll
don’t have the fare

nah nah nah