N G R 16: Telegraph Road

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Telegraph Road

A long time ago came a man on a track Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back And he put down his load where he thought it was the best

He made a home in the wilderness He built a cabin and a winter store And he plowed up the ground by the cold lake shore And the other travelers came walking down the track And they never went further, and they never went back Then came the churches, then came the schools Then came the lawyers, and then came the rules Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads And the dirty old track was the telegraph road Then came the mines, then came the ore Then there was the hard times, then there was a war Telegraph sang a song about the world outside Telegraph road got so deep and so wide Like a rolling river

And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze People driving home from the factories There's six lanes of traffic Three lanes moving slow

I used to like to go to work, but they shut it down I've got a right to go to work, but there's no work here to be found Yes, and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles They can always fly away from this rain and this cold You can hear them singing out their telegraph code All the way down the telegraph road You know,

I'd sooner forget, but I remember those nights When life was just a bet on a race between the lights You had your head on my shoulder, you had your hand in my hair Now you act a little colder, like you don't seem to care But believe in me, baby, and I'll take you away From out of this darkness and into the day From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain From the anger that lives on the streets with these names 'Cause I've run every red light on memory lane I've seen desperation explode into flames And I don't want to see it again From all of these signs saying, "sorry, but we're closed" All the way Down the telegraph road

Walking Out In The Street Light, Midnight. Whisper Wind, Catch Me In The Headlight.

Talk About Your Life, I'd Like To Know. It's Not Easy Going Where No-One Goes,

And No-One Knows.

Do We Have To Be So Distant? How Can You Be So Unreal?

What's The Reason For The Heart Digging

And How Does Crying Make You Feel?

I Can See You're Talking To Me In Riddles.

Do What You Like,

You Go Where The Wind Blows.

Sites and sounds

Talk About Your Life, I'd Like To Know.

It's Not Easy Going Where No-One Goes,

And No-One Knows.

Do We Have To Be So Distant?

How Can You Be So Unreal?

What's The Reason For Hiding, And How Does Crying Make You Feel?

I Reach For Certain Disguise That You're Leaving,

And I Can Tell By The Mist In Your Eyes That You're Dreaming.

Dreaming.

The differences

Do We Have To Be So Distant?

How Can You Be So Unreal?

In The Clouds, Running And Chasing Shadows. In The Crowd, Frozen In The Window. Talk About Your Life, I'd Like To Know. It's Not Easy Going Where No-One Goes, And No-One Knows.

Do We Have To Be So Distant? How Can You Be So Unreal?