Story Behind the Song
This is all about being free, and the pain that sometimes accompanies freedom. Freedom means being free to search for whatever your heart desires. It doesn't mean that you'll find it.
Lyrics
I wake up to see slices of sunlight painting your body.
You look so lovely there asleep – I hate to leave.
But the time has come for me to hit the road, it's that same old restless feeling…
It's not that I don't love you, it's just that I've got to ramble, I've got to move.
I get on my bike, and soon I'm rolling.
I feel the wind in my hair, caress away my cares.
There's nothing like the feeling of being on the road, free like the breeze…
The wind blows me on like a feather, like a bird taking wing, chasing the sky.
Gotta keep on riding down the road, to who knows what destination.
I've got the world in the palm of my hand -- at my command.
This land is so beautiful!
And the road stretches on forever in front of me.
I roll into your town, stop at the bar.
Blow in like dust from the road, and there you are.
And you see in me a chance for adventure, and I see in you a reason to stay.
There's no time like today. You'd better take me home before I blow away.
We settle in like family, in our happy home.
We even buy curtains, and I even get a job.
But that old restless feeling sneaks up like a stranger, and it's got me by the throat.
It's not that I don't love you, it's just that I've got to ramble. Got to hit the road.
Gotta keep on riding down the road, to find the place I left behind,
It's the place with the waves crashing on the beach, where my soul was at peace,
Where life was so beautiful, and I never wanted to leave – now I can't find it.
Gotta keep on riding down the road, to find the girl that I once knew,
She's the one with the golden hair, and that voice that could take me anywhere,
I never should have let her go, you're the one for me, and I'm the one for you.
Got to keep on riding down the road.
Got to keep on riding down the road.
Got to keep on riding down the road.
Until I find you.
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