The Road

Back home the family's eatin' dinner

There's a fire in the fireside warm and bright

But I won't be there today 'cause I've got a debt to pay

And they don't let black sheep stray from the road.

No they don't let black sheep stray from the road

My throat is out crying for water

Lord, that wind is blowing cold

That guard is watching me like a hawk up in the tree

And I'm longing to be free from the road

Yes, I'm longing to be free from the road

Every bone inside my body's aching

And that guard don't care if I live or die

He told me yesterday son don't try to get away

For I'll lay you down to stay by the road

Yes, I'll lay you down to stay by the road...