Back on the Road Again

Mondoshiwa

country rock, outlaw country, southern blues

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Back on the road again
Back where the wind gets in
This town can keep its dust
I won't be buried in it

I knew your hands
I knew your heart
I knew the way you tried
To build a life from splinters

And Lord, I loved
The best of you
But every street in this dead little town
Made the walls come nearer

You wanted love
You wanted mine
But love can't live on a leash
And call it shelter

In a gold cage
Even mercy fades
And breath turns thin
No matter how soft the velvet

You called it home
I called it slowly disappearing
You called it faith
I called it fear with better manners

I'm back on the road again
    Sky wide open like a wound that learns to heal
    I loved you true
    But truth needs room and air
    I'm not the woman for this town of borrowed prayers

Let the church bells talk
    Let the front doors grin
    I'm done living small just to make these people fit
    I'm with the birds now
    With the wild wind
    Back on the road again

You deserve someone
Built for this place
Someone who can smile
And help you bear its poison

Someone who'll stand
Beside your grave
When this good old town runs out of breath
And calls it duty

She'll know the rules
She'll wear them well
She'll help you keep
That crumbling kingdom standing

But I was born
For a larger sky
For a love with no chain
No shame
No asking permission

You wanted peace
But only if it stayed inside the fences
I wanted fire
The kind that burns the lie out of a body

I'm back on the road again
    Sky wide open like a wound that learns to heal
    I loved you true
    But truth needs room and air
    I'm not the woman for this town of borrowed prayers

Let the church bells talk
    Let the front doors grin
    I'm done living small just to make these people fit
    I'm with the birds now
    With the wild wind
    Back on the road again

In another town
In another time
Maybe you and I
Could've made a clean thing of it

In another life
With another name
Maybe love would've been enough
To keep us honest

But not down here
Where every soul grows tight
Where every kiss gets judged
Before the morning

So farewell, dear
I leave no curse
Only the sound of my own heart
Finally opening

I'm back on the road again
    No more choking on the air in that little cage
    I loved you once
    And maybe somewhere still
    But not enough to let this living spirit kneel

May you find your peace
    May I find the sun
    May we meet where no one bows to blood or blame
    Till that far-off hour
    Till that other wind
    I'm with the birds now
    Back on the road again

Back on the road again
Where the real love is
Back on the road again
Where the air begins

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Back on the road again Back where the wind gets in This town can keep its dust I won't be buried in it I knew your hands I knew your heart I knew the way you tried To build a life from splinters And Lord, I loved The best of you But every street in this dead little town Made the walls come nearer You wanted love You wanted mine But love can't live on a leash And call it shelter In a gold cage Even mercy fades And breath turns thin No matter how soft the velvet You called it home I called it slowly disappearing You called it faith I called it fear with better manners I'm back on the road again Sky wide open like a wound that learns to heal I loved you true But truth needs room and air I'm not the woman for this town of borrowed prayers Let the church bells talk Let the front doors grin I'm done living small just to make these people fit I'm with the birds now With the wild wind Back on the road again You deserve someone Built for this place Someone who can smile And help you bear its poison Someone who'll stand Beside your grave When this good old town runs out of breath And calls it duty She'll know the rules She'll wear them well She'll help you keep That crumbling kingdom standing But I was born For a larger sky For a love with no chain No shame No asking permission You wanted peace But only if it stayed inside the fences I wanted fire The kind that burns the lie out of a body I'm back on the road again Sky wide open like a wound that learns to heal I loved you true But truth needs room and air I'm not the woman for this town of borrowed prayers Let the church bells talk Let the front doors grin I'm done living small just to make these people fit I'm with the birds now With the wild wind Back on the road again In another town In another time Maybe you and I Could've made a clean thing of it In another life With another name Maybe love would've been enough To keep us honest But not down here Where every soul grows tight Where every kiss gets judged Before the morning So farewell, dear I leave no curse Only the sound of my own heart Finally opening I'm back on the road again No more choking on the air in that little cage I loved you once And maybe somewhere still But not enough to let this living spirit kneel May you find your peace May I find the sun May we meet where no one bows to blood or blame Till that far-off hour Till that other wind I'm with the birds now Back on the road again Back on the road again Where the real love is Back on the road again Where the air begins

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