One For the Road

"So I'll take one for me my friend
And one for the road"
It's always good to forget about
This heavy, heavy load

I get to stay a while
In these backwater bars
Where no one knows my name it's just me
And the beer that's in my jar

Sharing stories of older times
Of road river or air
It's always good to be spending time
With the people who care

So easy to pour your heart to a stranger
But never to yourself
Then you're up there with your bottle of Jack
Coming down from the same old shelf

So I'll take one for the road my friend
And make my bed down there
I never asked for anything
So please don't – don't stop or stare

When the bottle's empty and all that's left is
A liquor drenched smile that became bereft
It doesn't mean your heart is full
Just time to move on just like the rest

Sharing stories of older times
Of road river or air
It's always good to be spending time
With the people down there

Have you met my friend Bobby?
He's a drifter just like me
He's been gone since the winter
The winter of '93

Now my glass is dry and I should go
To a place yet where I don't know
It's time again to get up but maybe
Just maybe One For The Road

Sharing stories of older times
Of road river or air
It's always good to be spending time
With the people who care

Sharing stories of older times
Of road river or air
It's was always good to be spending time
With the people who care

"So I'll take one for me my friend
And one for the road"
It's always good to forget about
This heavy, heavy load
I got to stay a while
In these backwater bars
Where no one knows my name it's just me
And the beer in my jar