Wait for the Tide to Come In

There's a time I remember

When I tired to be free

I fought like a lion

But I couldn't see

That I was a loser

Before I fired the very first shot

And a back row seat in life

Was all I got

It was all right protesting

I could see it wearing thin

So I walk along the back roads

Waiting for the tide to come in

So the baliff makes you

A traveling man

You swap your house

For a Bedford Van

The countryside I closed

The law wont let you move

They'll push you through the country

What are they tryin' to prove

When you've no harm

Committed no big sin

Just get out along the back roads

And wait for the tide to come in

Hold on

Do you believe the politicians?

Hold on

Do you really think they'll listen

Hold on

Fighting to see it through

Hold back

Before you make a big decision

Hold back

They'll strain to see your vision

Hold back

Don't believe what you read in the news

As you grow older

You gotta realize

You've gotta bend a little

You've got to compromise

And get out on the back roads

Stay off the highway line

Ooh stay while no lies

You will see it come in time

They can't keep you down forever

Their wedge is wearing thin

So get out on the back roads

And wait for the tide to come in

There was a time I remember

When I tried to be free

I fought like a lion

But I couldn't see

That I was a loser

Before I fired the very first shot

And a back row seat in life

Was all I got

It was all right protecting

I could see it wearing thin

So I walk along the back roads

And wait for the tide to come in

Yeah I walk along the backroads

And wait for the tide to come in