**Keep the Road Open** [Intro] [Low engine hum, snowplow blade lowers, warm bass enters] [Verse 1] Two a.m., the engine low, amber circles through the snow. Thermos steaming by my side, weather warning on repeat. Every white line disappeared, but I know these turns by heart. The town is sleeping past the pines, I drop the blade and make a start. [Work Chorus] I clear the snow away. [Hummed Response] Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. [Lead] I keep the road awake. [Hummed Response] Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. [Lead] One mile at a time, under amber light. I clear the snow away and keep the road open tonight. [Verse 2] I never know who comes behind me, I only know they’ll need a way: a nurse before the morning shift, a baker starting up the day, someone driving home to family, the first school bus at eight. So I follow where the highway bends and leave a road where none remained. [Work Chorus] I clear the snow away. [Hummed Response] Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. [Lead] I keep the road awake. [Hummed Response] Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. [Lead] One mile at a time, under amber light. I clear the snow away and keep the road open tonight. [Instrumental Road Groove] [Engine pulse, warm drums, bass, electric piano and muted guitar] [Bridge] No one sees the miles at midnight, no one hears the engine sing. By morning they’ll just call it open, like the road cleared on its own. I don’t need my name remembered. I just need to guide them home. [Final Work Chorus] I clear the snow away. [Full Hummed Response] Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. [Lead] I keep the road awake. [Full Hummed Response] Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. [Lead] One mile at a time, under amber light. I clear the snow away so someone makes it home tonight. [Outro] [Lead] The road is open. [Hummed Response] Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. [Lead] Morning’s on its way.
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