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