On The Road Lyrics by John Denver

On The Road Lyrics

    This song was first released on the back home again album. it is the only album it has been released on.

    Back in 1958 we drove an old v8 and when it'd gone a hundred thou' we got out and pushed it a mile

    We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did
    We were just on the road

    Headin' down from canada on a gravel road a mile from montana
    Then my daddy read a sign and took us in the wrong direction
    I asked my daddy where are we goin', he said we'll just follow
    Our nose, so i looked out the window and dreamed i was a cowboy

    We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did
    We were just on the road

    I met a girl in a truck cafe, fell in love almost right away
    Then the mercury was ready to go and i had to leave her

    Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-sh-doo
    Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-sh-doo-sh-doo

    Go home said the man in the moon go home
    Go home said the man in the moon go home

    Because it's gettin'sorta late and i'll soon turn out my light
    Go home said the man in the moon
    Go home

    We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did
    We were just on the road

    We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did
    We were just a ridin' on
    We were just a ridin' on the road

    Words and music by carl franzen

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