THE ROAD TO ANYWHERE
Songwriter: ??

There's a long wide road, leading through the countryside, I roam along each day.
Far away from trouble, care and strife
Miles and miles away from all the noise of city life,
See me roaming through the gloaming
Leading a life of bliss.
Under a sunny sky,
Never a care have I
And the reason why is this ...

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I'm on the road, on the road to anywhere
With never a heartache and never a care
Got no home, got no friends
Grateful for everything the Good Lord sends,
On the road, on the road to anywhere
Where every milestone seems to say
That through all the wear and tear,
The road to anywhere
May lead to somewhere someday.

When the shades of night come creeping over hill and dale, I snuggle down to sleep.
Through the land of broken dreams I stray,
Till the skylark's song awakes me to another day.
And then the highway, and shaded byway
Over the moor and glen
Trudging along alone,
Only a rolling stone,
But I'm in my glory when ...

CHORUS



There. And only took four years! I wish I'd seen this when it was first posted - the song's been rattling around in my head for the best part of 30 years. I had it on an old shellac 78rpm record that my grandad bought, probably sometime in the 1920s. There was some rubbish (IMHO) in the collection I took over, but a lot of good music hall stuff too. I played it on a wind-up gramophone and learnt it, but - unforgivably - threw all the records out when they started taking up too much room.

The song obviously comes from a more innocent time, when not having a roof over your head was seen as being charming and romantic.

Now I don't even remember who recorded it or wrote it. The name Jack Charman comes to mind, but I think I might just be remembering him from the labels on some of the other records in the collection instead.

Anyway, I hope this is still some help

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