Down So Long It Looks Like Up

Scrapbook of promises, a head full of dreams
A coat made of leather with no thread in the seams
Old pair of boots that let in rain
I’m back on the road again
Rusty old strings on a broken guitar
Dusty old seats in a dirty old bar
Alcohol 'round my brain
I’m back on the road again
I got friends who let me stay
Talk all night and drink the dawn away
Bed down on the floor, sleep all day
Then it’s time to play
Oh, one thing I know from a million miles
Life is a woman, cheats as she smiles
Nothing to give you but pain
I’m back on the road again, the road again
I made a record some time ago
It didn’t sell many, a hundred or so
I got one at home somewhere, but now it won’t play
Time wore it away
Oh, one thing I know from a million miles
Life is a woman, cheats as she smiles
Nothing to give you but pain
I’m back on the road again, I said
Back on the road again, hey hey
Back on the road again