Kinks, The - The Road Lyrics

Complimentary "The Road" Ringtone

Sitting alone on my hotel 
Looking in the mirror wondering, "well, 
After all this time you never thought you'd still be out on the road?" 
Like a gypsy I was born to roam 
Like a wanderer with no fixed abode 
I think about the friends I've left behind on the road 

Well, the road's been rocky along the way 
It's been a long, hard haul on the motorway 
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day 

(On the road) 
The bed and breakfasts and the greasy spoons 
(The road) 
The loser bars and the noisy rooms 
(The road) 
The casualties who did too many lines 
(The road) 
Wasted talent on women and wine 

I think of all the friends I've left behind 
Whenever it's time to get back out on the road 

Started playing blues in a coffee bar 
I took a trip down Charing Cross Road 
With my imitation Gretsch guitar 
And my head full of songs and my eyes full of stars 
I saw a band called the Rolling Stones 
I thought, "that's it, I'll get a band, 
I'm leaving home, I'm out on the road." 

The motorways all over this land 
(The road) 
Far away places like Wigan and Birmingham 
(The road) 
Didn't have no name, didn't have any fans 
(The road) 
Didn't have no money so we slept in the van 

All those early gigs we ever played 
Sometimes we were lucky if we even got paid 
On the road 
Pete played on the bass guitar 
Liked to get around, mixing with all the stars 
But Mrs. Avory's child was all fingers and thumbs 
But solid as a rock, setting time on the drums 
While Dave the Rave hit the rock 'n' roll riffs 
Yours truly strummed away with a slightly limp wrist 
On the road 

Everyday is when I can't get used to it 
Everyday is when I can't get away 
Another day, another freeway to face 
That's the road 

Well, life is a road, it's a motorway 
And the road gets rocky along the way 
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day 

(On the road) 
Jimi Hendrix, The Who, the Led Zeppelin and Free 
They took the road so it's alright by me 
Some are survivors, some are debris 
If you play in a band that's the road that you take 
Living in it, eating in it, sleeping in it 
You wake up in the morning, what do you see? 
The road 

Life is a road, it's a motorway 
Lost a lot of good friends along the way 
All the families and homes that I've left behind 
To the wives and the lovers and friends who had their time 
I say, "you take your road and I'll take mine." 
(You take your road and I'll take mine) 
You take your road and I'll take mine 
(You take your road and I'll take mine) 

Life is a road, it's a motorway 
And the road gets rocky along the way 
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day 

(On the road) 
Observed all the various phases from 
Flower power, heavy metal and acid rock 
And still all the critics keep saying 
"Are they still around? When they gonna stop?" 
It's just the dedicated followers of fashion who like putting down 
All the well respected men who came dancing and are still on the road 

Sometime I get suicidal 
Now everyone is a rival 
Different cars, different bars and hotels 
Corporations, big business and egos 
When it all gets too bad I think back 
When we were all each other had 
When we started out on the road 

And there's gas in my tank and I've still got a way to go 
Another hotel, it's time to check out soon 
As I look around the room 
I think of all the friends I've left behind 
On the road

Complimentary "The Road" Ringtone