THE GLORY ROAD LYRICS

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith

Well you march to the beat
Of a different drummer
You think your pain
Justifies, what you’ve done
You live inside your head
Denial ain’t a river
You gotta crawl before you walk
and walk before you start to run

The universe will save you
Gian has your back
You don’t worry about money
You buy anything you like

This will all take care of itself
Go out and have some fun
You don’t want to crawl
All you want to do is run

Bridge
You better choose your battles
You might start a war
Did you think about the casualties
Are they worth fighting for?
You think the world owes you something
And its time it delivered
Give me what’s mine and then I want more, more, more

You want to follow your dreams
Wherever they may lead you
Everyday, everyday
Should be your day in the sun
But that mean old world
Keeps on knockin you down

Saying crawl before you walk
and walk before you start to
You mama can’t help you,
looks like your gonna have to
Crawl before you walk
And walk before you start to run

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith

I can’t remember where I put them
Did they slip through the keyhole in the door?
Did I leave them out by the Whippin Post
Or down on the Killing Floor
Maybe someone thought I was through with them
And that I didn’t need them anymore

But I ain’t done yet, no I ain’t done yet, I ain’t done yet with the blues

Maybe that little red rooster took them
Cause he was Cryin and Moanin at Midnight
Well I can’t get my Mojo Workin
Without them I Can’t be Satisfied
I guess I’ll go check down by the Crossroads
So ol Scratch will know that I tried

Cause I ain’t done yet, I ain’t done yet, no I ain’t done yet with the blues

Bridge 1
My heart is breakin cause the thrill is gone
There’s one way out, I can’t find my way home
If you help me find them I’ll play the blues for you
One bourbon, one scotch, boom, boom, boom, boom – accents

Bridge 2
One day I was Sitting, on Top of the World
A Hoochie Coochie Man, with a Sweet 16 girl
Now I can’t even sow, my Harmony Grits
I broke my Crosscut Saw, How Blue Can You Get? – accents

Well brothers and sisters I’m Tore Down
And I don’t know what I’m gonna do
I used to think I’d Rather Go Blind
Than to keep on playing the Same Old Blues
I lost the Key To the Highway, Lucille is gone
And Robert’s Hellhound is yesterday’s news

Chorus
I ain’t done yet, no I ain’t done yet, I ain’t done yet, no I ain’t yet
I ain’t done tastin that Forbidden Fruit and I ain’t done yet with the blues

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith
I can’t ease my troubled mind
Friends like you are hard to find
I’m shaking my head and wondering why?
There you were on the one and three
Always there to anchor me
You know I never had to think twice

Bridge
Behind the beat we played them tight
You steered the ship and kept us right
Brothers In the arms of the blues
Now we’re on this heartbreak road
Carrying such a heavy load
Now we understand, what we had to lose

Chorus
In my heart I know it’s true
Life never lets you choose
When comes the tears, and the pain
Your gentle heart and gentle smile
I know will never die
Someday love and laughter is all that will remain

Memories will stay with you
And sometimes break your heart into
You know the heart never forgets
Measure what is lost and gained
And though we’ll never be the same
You can’t replace hope with regret

Bridge
Behind the beat we played them tight
You steered the ship and kept us right
Brothers In the arms of the blues
Now we’re on this heartbreak road
Carrying such a heavy load
Now we understand, what we had to lose

Chorus
In my heart I know it’s true
Life never lets you choose
When comes the tears and the pain
Your gentle heart and gentle smile
I know will never die
Someday love and laughter is all that will remain

Reprise –
Your memories will make us smile
And come and warm our hearts a while
Someday love and laughter is all that will remain

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith

Somewhere in the night
Out in the distance
Someone in the dark
Or maybe no one at all
Chasing down a dream
And a Hollywood (happy ending)
One more lonely heart
Reads the writing on the wall

Chorus
You took me in your arms
And took me to your bed
When I looked inside your heart
You got inside my head
I laughed and then you showed me
A deeper shade of blue
I never knew lonely
Till I met you

Talking to the stars
Staring at the ceiling
Hoping beyond hope
Waiting for a call
No matter where I am
I can hear you breathing
I remember shadows (two becoming one)
Dancing on the bedroom wall

Chorus
You took me in your arms
And took me to your bed
When I looked inside your heart
You got inside my head
I laughed and then you showed me
A deeper shade of blue
I never knew lonely
Till I met you

Do we really know
How much a heart costs
Sometimes you take a chance
Roll the dice and risk it all
Deep down inside
You know a storm is brewing
They say you’re never really free
Until you take a fall

Chorus
You took me in your arms
And took me to your bed
When I looked inside your heart
You got inside my head
I laughed and then you showed me
A deeper shade of blue
I never knew lonely
Till I met you

So you make yourself a promise
To give up your foolish pride
No words can be said
That haven’t been spoken
Another restless heart
Searching for the light
Love can make you feel
Like your frozen in time
Then you find out of faith,
Then you see you’re out of time
I never knew love could feel so good
And then leave you in pieces
Talking to the moon

Somewhere in the night
Somewhere in the darkness

Until you try to fix one
That’s been broken apart
You can run, run run you can’t outrun the night
Its so hard to see you’ve got angel wings
To help you fly away to a happy end
There’s a storm on the ridge

Well you wake some mornings thinking its my lucky day
I never knew lonely till you I met you
I never knew love could tear you into
Better to love and lose is the song of a fool

You know it’s wrong but you just keep rollin on
Another creature of the night

I was looking for rainbows
And that one and only
Better to love and lose
Is the song of a fool

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith

Tell me a story Daddy, tell me a tale
About the crazy good times, before you went to jail
Did you meet mama, in a church or in a bar
Is it true I was conceived in the backseat of a car?

Chorus 1
There’s no time for stories boy,
We’re back on the run
We’re bound for south Texas,
Out the door and gone

Sing me a song daddy; let me feel your pain
Sing about trucks, broken hearts and trains
Why did mama run off with the, preacher’s son
One day I had a mama, the next day I had none

Chorus 2
You gotta play the cards your dealt boy,
life ain’t fair
The odds are stacked against you,
so you better beware

Bridge
I was 14 years old, my first day on the farm
When the twister sisters ambushed me, back behind the barn
I guess there are some things you can never unsee
Like when those girls tied me up and then they set me free

Chorus 3
Daddy said, love ain’t a sprint boy,
 it’s a marathon
You won’t be getting all that lovin
If you’re on the run

Well daddy was partly truth and mostly lies
A sucker for a pretty face and come hither eyes
They say the apple never falls, far from the tree
I guess that’s why the devil’s always coming for me

Chorus 3
Daddy said there ain’t no wildcard
Ever beat the house
If you live long enough,
Your gonna figure that out

Chorus 4
Daddy said, life ain’t a sprint
it’s a marathon
There won’t be time for much living
If your on the run

Well, he walks right, he talks right
Knows what makes them girls feel fine
He’s got a way with women
And he just got away with mine

He drives a big car like a big star
Plays guitar that bluesy kind
He’s got a way with women
And he just got away with mine

No, he didn’t wear no shinin’ armor
He didn’t ride no milk white steed
But he gave ’em quite a performance
This I must concede

No, he didn’t wear no shinin’ armor
He didn’t ride no milk white steed
But he gave ’em quite a performance
This I must concede

Well, he walks right, he talks right
Knows what makes them girls feel fine
He’s got a way with women
And he just got away with
He’s got a way with women and he just got away with
He’s got a way with women and he just got away with mine

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith

Where the sun, falls to meet the mountains
You’d swear that fire, was heaven in the sky
And the doves, call out in their mourning
And bluebirds, never wonder why

Carry me back to that place by the river
Where the Mockingbirds sing and cool waters flow
I’ll ride one more time, down the backroads of my youth
And take my final rest in my Ozark Mountain home

I close my eyes and I can see the river
And hear the paddles, sweet and gentle song
I smell the fire and I can hear the laughter
And I know this is the place where I belong

Now carry me back to that place by the river
Where the Mockingbirds sing and cool waters flow
I’ll ride one more time down the backroads of my youth
And take my final rest in my Ozark Mountain home

We all know, nothing lasts forever
At twilight the journeys end, must be satisfied
There’s nothing left to do but count the blessings
Of a lucky man who often saw the Eagles fly

Now carry me back to that place by the river
Where the Mockingbirds sing and cool waters flow
I’ll ride one more time down the backroads of my youth
And take my final rest in my Ozark Mountain home
And take my final rest in my Ozark Mountain home

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith

It was blind dumb luck, some might call it fate
A monkey was trapped on a fire escape
I looked at him, he looked at me
I climbed up and set that monkey free

I bought my monkey a nice red suit
In his red top hat he looked so cute
Every woman I pass wants to know his name
The question they ask is always the same

Can I pet your monkey? Can I pet your monkey
You can pet my monkey, baby my monkey wonít bite

Last night I saw the girl next door
She wanted to play with my monkey some more
She’s loves that ape, she thinks he’s cute
She likes to squeeze my monkey and that’s the truth

Can I squeeze your monkey? Can I squeeze your monkey
You can squeeze my monkey, baby my monkey won’t bite

Every girl I bring home with me
Wants to set my monkey free
They say my monkey feels so nice
When’s it’s monkey business, they don’t think twice

I took my monkey out to the mall
He was actin a fool and having a ball
He jumped up and grabbed a young girl’s hair
She said that’s a bad little monkey and because I care

Iím going to spank your monkey, I’m going to spank your monkey,
You can spank my monkey, baby my monkey won’t bite

You can pet my monkey
You can pet my monkey
Oooooh pet my monkey baby
You can pet my monkey

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith

Gonna see my mama, gonna see my father
I’ll play the blues with old Kokomo
Gonna touch the sweet, sweet face of Jesus
And I’ll lay down my heavy load

Take me down to the bottoms
Where you know I’m bound to go
Pray me up to the angels
With no worries, anymore

I’ve got one more, cross to bear
I’ve got one more, cross to bear

All those women, when they see me
All those women will start to cry
When they load me into that darkness
And I take my final ride

Well that second line will be playin
They might raise the dead again
With some Closer my God to Thee
And When the Saints go Marchin In

I’ve got one more, cross to bear
I’ve got one more, cross to bear

If you see the devil comin
Please don’t let him ride
Tell him you saw me, headed down to Rosedale
With my rider by my side

Up to the sky and heaven bound
No more tears and no more pain
I’ll break my chains when I cross over
Never will I thirst again

I’ve got one more, cross to bear
I’ve got one more, cross to bear
I’ve got one more, cross to bear
Just one more, cross to bear

By Steven Elwyn Smith

Midnight rendezvous
I must be insane
Looking for my Creole Queen
Down on the Pontchartrain

Chorus
Daddy don’t approve
Mama feels the same
Brother’s gonna kill me if he catches me

She put the voodoo on me
She must have cast a spell
That girl’s been burnin candles
Her Mojo’s working well

Chorus
Daddy don’t approve
Mama feels the same
Brother’s gonna kill me
If he, catches me with her again
solo

Bridge
Waiting here for hours
To hear her sweet refrain
Love will wait all night for
Passion on the Pontchartrain

Yellow moon please help me find her
Nothing here but darkness and rain
She would not abandon me
Down on the Ponchatrain

Chorus
Daddy don’t approve
Mama feels the same
Brother’s gonna kill me
If he, catches me with her again

Daddy don’t approve
Mama feels the same
Brother’s going to make me disappear
Down on the Ponchatrain

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith

Rise to the morning
Wipe the sleep from our eyes
Another show another day
We’re nothing more than prisoners of some 4 lane highway
Chasing down the dream, for a feeling that won’t stay

Prodigal sons,
Returning to the scene
Fools all who believe, there is a promised land
With no money in our pockets and no hope for salvation
We sacrifice our bodies and take the stage again

Bridge 1
And the audience wraps their arms around us
They feed our addiction and think they understand
But we’re dyin by the minute, by the note and all that’s in it
And the Glory Road takes all that it can

Chorus
Die hard

Cause faith runs deep
Just surrender everything
And these dreams are yours to keep
Heaven knows
But I can’t tell
I swear if there’s a heaven
The glory road must run through hell
V3
There is a tell tale heart, pounding in the distance
Seems like it’s all that we can hear
It gives us strength to hold on to what we believe is truth
It’s the voice of the Muse, always whisperin in our ears

Bridge 2
We’re chasing perfection and the hope of resurrection
Each night we die and then we rise again
It’s the belief that we matter
As we try to climb the ladder
As the Glory Road brings us back again

Chorus
Die hard
Cause faith runs deep
Just surrender everything
And these dreams are yours to keep
Heaven knows
But I can’t tell
I swear if there’s a heaven
The glory road must run through hell
V4
We’re livin in the darkness at the edge of the light
On the glory road we chase the rainbow’s end
Lost in the moment we ignore the sacrifice
We’re sure the glory road will wash away our sin

Bridge 3
You may want to inspect us
Because our wiring is defective
All we want to do is play
But when the dirty work comes round
And the whip comes down
The glory road, always makes you pay

Chorus
Die hard
Cause faith runs deep
Just surrender everything
And these dreams are yours to keep
Heaven knows
But I can’t tell
I swear if there’s a heaven
The glory road must run through hell

Written by Steven Elwyn Smith

Mama says, you’ve got my number
And there’s nothing for you that I wouldn’t do
From the first time I first held you
I knew that was true

Well Girl you’ve got my spirit
Mama knows I’ll fan the flame
We’ll spend timeout together
my sweet Georgia Jane

Chorus
Each time you smile and laugh at me
I know you know my game
You always steal my heart away
Georgia Jane
My sweet Georgia Jane

Ballerina in the hallway
Out dancing in the rain
Don’t ever lose that fire
My sweet Georgia Jane

Adolescence will surely find you
And drive the boys insane
Don’t believe a word they say
My sweet Georgia Jane

Chorus
Each time you smile and laugh at me
I know you know my game
You always steal my heart away
Georgia Jane
My sweet Georgia Jane
My sweet Georgia Jane