Dreams from the Dark Road

You float through my mind most every night These blue winter shadows give me a fright You changed my world when you walked in the door I'm worn out I can't fight no more Somehow I knew you long ago Back when we had a million miles to go But my true thoughts you'll never know I gaze at the rooftops, the skeleton trees The sun coming up, hear footsteps, jangling keys The T.V. towers send their signals to you Wherever you may be, they'll always come through I do feel it was meant to be I'm the traitor you are the sea Swiftly sinking, drowning me On the dark road headlights blind my eyes I don't know where we're headed, but I hear your cries You turned my heart into a wild cyclone I ain't afraid to bleed or to be alone I long to feel your finger-tips But it will feel like the lashes of a hundred whips If we stay together alone like this I dreamt we danced to an old-time string band And raised our children off of the land To these songs we revel in harmony These razor sad dirges in a minor key Slowly falling from the world we know Following a path where cool water flows The truth may be out there along the road