[Verse 1] They built it so the living street Could keep its shops and Sunday faces They built it so a box could travel Without teaching children places I used it once to hide a year I used it once to do a job Then the mile grew into habit Like a key still in the lock I can buy bread. I can talk I can stand in ordinary light Then October leans across the fence And the second road comes back in sight [Pre-Chorus] Not lost Not gone Not a dream I failed to shake A path A work A promise I still have to make [Chorus] I’m still on that road Even when I take the street I’m still on that road It runs under my feet If the dead were meant to keep it Then the living learned the code I’m still on that road And I know every stone [Verse 2] I have waited at the lychgate I have watched the frost take wool I have put iron in an apple I have kept a mouth too full I have cut a widow’s paper I have washed a color off I have taken one more portion So a house could call it done enough None of that retired the mile None of that returned the key A custom is a kind of marriage It does not end because you leave [Pre-Chorus] Not lost Not gone Not a curse I wear for show A line A debt A way I still know how to go [Chorus] I’m still on that road Even when I take the street I’m still on that road It runs under my feet If the dead were meant to keep it Then the living learned the code I’m still on that road And I know every stone [Verse 3] There are nights I almost turn Toward a porch with a cheap grin Toward a bag, toward a dance Toward a year that will not let me in Then I remember who I swallowed Then I remember who I walked Then the trees stand up like markers And I take the shoulder, not the talk I do not want to be a legend I want to be a man who quit But the mile is honest with me And the living street is lit [Bridge] If you want me, find me working Not performing, not on stage Find me between the two jurisdictions Where a coffin learns its age I will not pretend it’s holy I will not pretend it’s gone I will tell you I am walking And I have been walking long [Breakdown] Left Right Dirt Night Left Right Keep Sight Still Here Still On That Road [Verse 4] When the bell starts up at morning I am sometimes still between The far gate and the first house With the year still in my teeth I come home. I make the coffee I put his cup back on the shelf A person can belong to daylight And still belong to something else If October still wants its due It knows the route I take I pay in steps I pay in hush I pay, and I stay awake [Chorus] I’m still on that road Even when I take the street I’m still on that road It runs under my feet If the dead were meant to keep it Then the living learned the code I’m still on that road And I know every stone [Final Chorus] I’m still on that road You can walk it if you must I’m still on that road I will not dress it up as luck If you meet me in the black trees Keep your lantern to yourself I’m still on that road I do not need the help [Outro] Stone Tree Ditch Go I’m still on that road I know I know
