The Road Lyrics - Kinks

Sitting alone on my hotel 

Looking in the mirror wondering, "well, 

After all this time you never thought you'd still be out on the road?" 

Like a gypsy I was born to roam 

Like a wanderer with no fixed abode 

I think about the friends I've left behind on the road 

Well, the road's been rocky along the way 

It's been a long, hard haul on the motorway 

But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day 

(On the road) 

The bed and breakfasts and the greasy spoons 

(The road) 

The loser bars and the noisy rooms 

(The road) 

The casualties who did too many lines 

(The road) 

Wasted talent on women and wine 

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I think of all the friends I've left behind 

Whenever it's time to get back out on the road 

Started playing blues in a coffee bar 

I took a trip down Charing Cross Road 

With my imitation Gretsch guitar 

And my head full of songs and my eyes full of stars 

I saw a band called the Rolling Stones 

I thought, "that's it, I'll get a band, 

I'm leaving home, I'm out on the road." 

The motorways all over this land 

(The road) 

Far away places like Wigan and Birmingham 

(The road) 

Didn't have no name, didn't have any fans 

(The road) 

Didn't have no money so we slept in the van 

Photos 

All those early gigs we ever played 

Sometimes we were lucky if we even got paid 

On the road 

Pete played on the bass guitar 

Liked to get around, mixing with all the stars 

But Mrs. Avory's child was all fingers and thumbs 

But solid as a rock, setting time on the drums 

While Dave the Rave hit the rock 'n' roll riffs 

Yours truly strummed away with a slightly limp wrist 

On the road 

Everyday is when I can't get used to it 

Everyday is when I can't get away 

Another day, another freeway to face 

That's the road 

Well, life is a road, it's a motorway 

And the road gets rocky along the way 

But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day 

(On the road) 

Jimi Hendrix, The Who, the Led Zeppelin and Free 

They took the road so it's alright by me 

Some are survivors, some are debris 

If you play in a band that's the road that you take 

Living in it, eating in it, sleeping in it 

You wake up in the morning, what do you see? 

The road 

Life is a road, it's a motorway 

Lost a lot of good friends along the way 

All the families and homes that I've left behind 

To the wives and the lovers and friends who had their time 

I say, "you take your road and I'll take mine." 

(You take your road and I'll take mine) 

You take your road and I'll take mine 

(You take your road and I'll take mine) 

Life is a road, it's a motorway 

And the road gets rocky along the way 

But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day 

(On the road) 

Observed all the various phases from 

Flower power, heavy metal and acid rock 

And still all the critics keep saying 

"Are they still around? When they gonna stop?" 

It's just the dedicated followers of fashion who like putting down 

All the well respected men who came dancing and are still on the road 

Sometime I get suicidal 

Now everyone is a rival 

Different cars, different bars and hotels 

Corporations, big business and egos 

When it all gets too bad I think back 

When we were all each other had 

When we started out on the road 

And there's gas in my tank and I've still got a way to go 

Another hotel, it's time to check out soon 

As I look around the room 

I think of all the friends I've left behind 

On the road