There's ice and snow on the northern roads. And the Jersey Pike is closed. Have to go and do some drivin' tonight. They say I'd be a fool if I would ride those icy roads.
Tell me, what do people do. . When there ain't nothin' to do?. . When there's nobody else around to do. . Nothin' with or to. . Have you ever been in that position in a small town motel room.
I'd like to think about her. And the way she used to love me. But I just can't live without her. 'Cause her arms are not around me. And the season's getting later.
I'm a dreamer by nature and I've always been tryin'. To dream myself out of this world that I'm in. In my dreams I escape all the troubles around. And it hasn't cost a penny for the pleasures I've found.
Spin, spin, spin. Spin around, spin around. . The harlequin dances in a costume of green. Spin around. But under his makeup his age can't be seen. Spin around.
When I was a boy in the days of the train. I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day. And I'd wave at the brakesman, and he'd wave back at me. While the thunderclouds rolled out of East Tennessee.
The railroads, and the riverboats, that bred the mighty man. That we read about, and we dream about. The men who built this land. And the farmers and the lumbermen and the men who worked the mills.
Hey love don't be afraid to stay until tomorrow. Lover's dawn is waiting just this side of day. If you thought I loved you yesterday. I'll love you more than that tomorrow.
She stood by the window. And let down her hair. Asked if I knew that I shouldn't be there. Her lips said goodbye. But her body said stay I knew I should go.
I've been up and down and around and 'round and back again,. I've been so many places I can't remember where or when.. And my only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend.