Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Bernie Taupin and Elton John

"I've finally decided my future lies

Beyond the yellow brick road"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3Bb4UsXhU

When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

Life is a Highway

 Life is a Highway 

Tom Cochran

"Life's like a road that you travel on

There's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend and sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind"

Started thinking about songs as feelings... 

this one brings a sense of freedom, and anticipation of adventure and fun, speeding past the cares of the world we carry on our shoulders sometimes

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9Eloo

Life's like a road that you travel on
There's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend and sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside ev'ry darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where the brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate
Break down the garden's gate
There's not much time left today

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long

Through all these cities and all these towns
It's in my blood and it's all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road and these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights

Knock me down, back up again
You're in my blood
I'm not a lonely man
There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long

Mmm, life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
(Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah)
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long

There was a distance between you and I
A misunderstanding once
But now we look in the eye

There ain't no load that I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
(Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah)

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
(Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah)

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
(Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah)

Tom Cochran