Well I only took this route
Cos the old man on the corner pointed
With his crooked and weakened finger
And his sad story, full of old glory
And his simple knowledge of the good things
And his brutal depiction of the bad
Cos there's no advice like wisdom
No direction like the path well-trodden
There's no speech with the weight of an elder's
No easier decision than your fate
Cos there's nothing so attractive as your destiny
There's no touch like your current lover's hand
There's no love like the one who sees right through you
Reaches down, picks you out of the crowd
Well I only took this route
Cos the old man on the corner pointed
With the sweetest of smiles to remind me
That he broke all the boundaries just like me
And my death is a chasin' up behind me
That's why I only need lovers beside me
That's why I only want lovers beside me
