LONESOME ROAD
(composed by Tom Aley, Hiking Club climber and caver)
The lonesome road is a-callin' me,
I'm a man who was born to roam,
Trucks and cars go flashin' by,
Once was a day I thought I was through
(repeat first verse)
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)
I am a slave to the asphalt sea.
Walkin' on the edge of the burnin' gravel,
What a way for a man to travel!
Go through life without a home,
My heart's like the pavement, cold and gray,
I've walked so much I'm like the great highway.
They don't care if you live or die,
My heart's like a truck with heavy load,
Doomed to rovin' a lonesome road.
Worked in an office like office folk do
Tried my best but it all went wrong,
I'm a lonely man with a lonely song.