UNPAVED ROADS

I used to think that life was like an unpaved road And it can take you wherever you want to go Where you want to you just turn and steer Burn the gas the streets are wide and clear But it turns out you can drive it, but you can't lead And it curves over all kinds of lands and seas Drops you down so far in the valley below And turns you 'round when there is too much snow I thought I could find the place where your road begins And we could drive around this land with all our friends We could show each other all the sights we love And share the dreams that we've been thinking of But when I got to the place to meet, the car was cold on a dead end street I sat on your chair, 'mid all the pictures of the girl I knew And I just inhaled the faded smell of you Ooh, ooh You were never gonna spend your life with me Guess God had other plans for us to see But we would've had so many years of fun That would've meant the world to me when it's all done So I think of you taking all day endless drives Driving north into the skies on balding tires With your hand outside the window in the sun And snuggling with whoever was your one But if I could see you Talk just one last time I hope that you would tell me I've been out there where there are no unpaved roads Just about as far as this old car can go I've been way beyond the stars you see at night And right into the heart of blinding light How I wish that I could show you Mercury Oh, man, I think that you would like Orion III I hold on to your picture now, my friend Cause someday I hope we can drive again Past them open roads Past them open roads Yeah, I've been out there where there's no unpaved roads Yeah, just about as far as this car can go Oh, and way beyond the stars you see at night And right into the heart of blinding light