Lonely Runs Both Ways [Rounder] lyrics

In this world, I walk alone,
With no place to call my home.
But there's one who holds my hand,
The rugged road through barren lands.

The way is dark, the road is steep.
But he's become my eyes to see.
The strength to climb, my griefs to bear,
The Saviour lives inside me there.

In Your love I find release,
A haven from my unbelief.
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer, my God, to thee.

So you're on your own
Looking down the road
That goes only by one name
And you don't need the signs
To see lonely still runs both ways.

So who's the fool
That would think the ties
Would be better off undone
Did your heart heed the warning
When you veered from the path
That was narrow, right, and straight.

On the borderline
Somewhere between that plight for freedom
Feeling like you can't move on

I'm used to being alone
Except for six month flings with diamond rings
And phone bills that outweigh the phone.

This is the life that I chose
I got no complaints if he is if he ain't
And if he is I guess he'll send me a rose.

Just don't ask me for the truth if you choose to lie honey
And don't try to open my door with your skeleton key
Some folks seem to think I only got one problem

Sometimes I wonder where you're comin' from
When you roll in like thunder just to turn around and run
It's a good thing I don't need you to stay.
You smell like moonlight and early morning rain
Pray tell the fool that surrenders to your pain
Or find a cure for your decay.

You're at your best with an ache in your chest
And that worn out old song that you play
Only Jesus and you long to teach us

I'm soarin' the sky
I can hear the birds, and man, they don't lie
How you gonna catch me
When I'm this high?

I'm movin' on.
I've got the words to a brand new song
How you gonna catch me
When I'm this gone?

Chorus:
Gone tomorrow, here today
And just in case you got something to say
I'll be leaving with the rest if
Goodbye is all we have.

I disconnected the phone

I left home when I was seventeen.
I just grew tired of falling down.
And I'm sure I was told
The allure of the road
Would be all I found.

And all the answers that I started with
Turned out questions in the end.
So years roll on by,
And just like the sky,
The road never ends.

And the people who love me still ask me;
When are you coming back to town?
And I answer quite frankly;

I've been up and down the floor
Sleep won't hold me anymore
I'm running out of games to play
I don't have to live this way.

Thought I loved you for a while
You were loaded up on style
Talk is cheap but I won't pay
I don't have to live this way.

No I won't pay for games that you devise
I won't wait and listen to your lies
Before you speak another word
I'll repeat it so I'm heard

I turned around
Before I could run
I found you already settled down
In the back of my mind.

I know this
Is just a customary fever
The moon is our deceiver
That will leave you running blind.

Your heart is bawling
If I didn't know any better
I'd be falling
Deeper and deeper it's true
I'd hear it calling
If I didn't know any better
And I'd be in love with you.

Didn't want to

Don't expect too much from my poor old heart
You can blame me unforgiven for my scars
You might just be the best that I can find
But I can't seem to forget the tears I've cried.

I don't know that I will ever trust again
It's the price that I must pay for all my sins
Time has changed me and left me full of doubt
And my heart may be lost, never to be found.

Once upon a time I did believe

Well, it's always we ramble, this river and I
All along your green valleys, I work till I die
My land I'll defend with my life need it be
'Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free.

Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
Every state in this union us migrants have been
Lord, we come with the dust and we go with the wind.

Rain please go away!
Leave me alone, come another day.
My love is gone, this time to stay.
Rain, please go away.

It's tough to live the whole day through.
Thinkin' of her is all I do!
She's happy now, and I'm so blue.
Rain, she's cold like you.

If only the time wouldn't drag so slow.
Find a new love and let it grow.
I'm kiddin' myself, it don't happen that way.
Rain, please go away.

Honey, I know you've been alone some
Why dont you phone some?
'Cause I love you.
Honey, I know I've been away some
I've had to pay some,
And you have too.

Chorus:
But the one thing I know
That when I turn out the light
Visions of you, dear
Dance in the night.

I've been put down, pushed around,
Apprehended and led downtown
And I can't help it if I'm outta sight
'Cause I'm restless tonight.

Well, the rain is a-pourin' down in a fury,
And the road is lookin' long,
And the only thing that comes to mind
Is the tune of this sad song.

Tune of this sad song! Oh Lord!

Well, the wind is a-creepin' up my back,
Through the door, through the roof, through the window crack.
Tossin' and a-turnin' all night long
To the rhythm and the sound of a saddened song.

Saddened song! Oh Lord!

--- Instrumental ---

Take me back to Anona street.
Fill my glass again with a bittersweet.
'Cause I don't wanna see the life I have.
Thought the next time 'round wouldn't be so bad.

Same mistake that I made before.
I'll be waking up on the kindlin' floor
While the bells are ringin' so low and sad.
Thought the next time 'round wouldn't be so bad.

Same mistake that I made before.