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Subject: "That Lonely Road" - FINAL VERSION?
by Curtis Cameron | 06/10/01 at 14:06:05
Okay, yet another revision, hopefully for the better. Musically, I've been working without the refrain, but I inserted it here as an experiment. It may work in the song after all. Not sure yet whether I'll use it, or loose it. The only thing that bugs me now is that the bridge has exactly the same line length, meter, and rhyme scheme as the verses. Trouble is, I don't want to fiddle with it "cause I might mess it up.
That Lonely Road
©2001 Curtis Cameron
V1
Dont' you ever grow tired (boy)
Of walkin' that dusty road?
Don't you ever grow weary (man)
Of searchin' for a home?
You've left a dozen lives behind
As if they weren't enough
The sun goes down behind your eyes
While you still search for love
Walk alone, Lonely Roads, empty places
Walk alone, Lonely Roads, empty faces
V2
How many times have you settled down
And built on shifting sands?
How many towns have you made your home
Then left, a wounded man?
I've heard you say, your time has come
But your shadow's grown too long
The wind is blowin' at your back
And it sings your lonesome song
Walk alone, Lonely Roads, empty places
Walk alone, Lonely Roads, empty faces
Bridge
That Lonely Road’s a byway to another broken heart
That Lonely Road’s a highway to another token start
You tell yourself your movin' on, to find that greener grass
The truth is your still runnin' from the remnants of your past
V3
I’ve seen the pain behind your eyes
How you hunger for a home
I know they hide your deepest fear
Someday you’ll die alone
Well, you and I are both the same
You're not the only one
The love you seek is here at home
You won’t find it on the run
Walk alone, Lonely Roads, empty places
Walk alone, Lonely Roads, empty faces
Subject: Re: "That Lonely Road" - FINAL VERSION?
by Curtis | 06/12/01 at 11:05:47
Actually I believe this is the final version. :D
That Lonely Road
©2001 Curtis Cameron
V1
Dont' you ever grow tired (boy)
Of walkin' that dusty road?
Don't you ever grow weary (man)
Of searchin' for a home?
You've left a dozen lives behind
As if they weren't enough
The sun goes down behind your eyes…
While you… still search… for love …
V2
How many times have you settled down
And built on shifting sands?
How many towns have you made your home
Then left, a wounded man?
I've heard you say, your time has come
But your shadow's grown too long
The wind is blowin' at your back…
And it sings… your lonesome… song…
Bridge
That Lonely Road’s a highway to another token start
That Lonely Road’s a bi-way to another broken heart
You tell yourself your movin' on, to find that greener grass
The truth is your still runnin' from the remnants of your past
V3
I’ve seen the longing in your eyes
Know you hunger for a home
I know you hide your deepest fear …
Someday you’ll die alone
The truth is that we’re all the same
You’re not the only one
The love you seek is here at home
You won’t find it… on… the run…
V4
Dont' you ever grow tired (boy)
Of walkin' that dusty road?
Don't you ever grow weary (man)
Of searchin' for a home?
You tell yourself your movin' on
To find that greener grass
The truth is your still runnin' from
The remnants of your past
Subject: Re: "That Lonely Road" - FINAL VERSION?
by Liana | 06/22/01 at 07:22:10
Hi Curtis, I like the changes you've made with the bridge, a couple of little things I still think need looking at
The truth is that we’re all the same (This is a little too much generalization- I've never been there-perhaps you can say -I've once felt just the same?)
You’re not the only one (then perhaps justify the above with this line- So you're not the only one)
The love you seek is here at home (this kinda does a loop-is where at home? which home?) Cant find love when your out on a lonely road-true enough-but seeking more than the comfort of four walls and a fireplace, perhaps himself!
You won’t find it… on… the run… (here it still seems in that loop to me..) he's not really running..he's searching..hoping..
You say he built on shifty sand..therefore was it shaky relationships ? I get the message of this but IMHO its still missing a reason of association, is he so bad nobody wants him, or is it that he always thinks the grass could be greener, therefore he never WANTS to settle down. Now if he's done it so much, he must kinda like being a drifter.......
Well I suppose I see it this way; your telling the drifter that he needs a home and thats his problem, but in retrospect, he has never been able to find a home because he wants to run away. Now, does he really want a home? or is noone ever suitable for him? Is this man a wanderer by choice, confused dreamer..trucker..?
Or do women only love him for short spells(cause he's a darling) and kick him out(when they see the real him)?
If I've asked too many questions Curtis..forgive me...IMO it needs a word or two to characterise him and it will be FINAL!
Good luck...keep up the good work..
PS whatever you do...dont think I dont like it...cause I do :)
Subject: Re: "That Lonely Road" - FINAL VERSION?
by Hobes | 06/22/01 at 12:33:30
Wizard of Oz! 8) If you go looking for your hearts desire, you'll eventually discover you never had to look any further than your own backyard. Or something like that...
And you don't have to leave home to run away. Folks do it all the time in the confines of their living room. This is a portrait of someone who is literally on the move - searching. Yet the last stanza tells us there is a connection. We are all the same - running from SOMEthing.
And sometimes, we don't even know what it is we're running from.
Even though we carry on from time to time about how lines need to be different in the bridge; the rhyme scheme needs to be different in the chorus and/or the bridge... Sometimes it just doesn't matter. As you well know Curtis, the music can make the difference. Say what you need to say.
I'd say this lyric is clean enough to put some clothes on. Dress it up with the right music and take it out to dinner.
Good job Curtis. You're getting better all the time IMHO...
hobes