the road in between - music & lyrics by ron leary

the sun sets on the american side

let's go down to the river tonight

they're in the sky keepin' a close eye

just never know when we're gonna strike

life ain't so bad in a border town

name your vice it's sure to be found

whiskey's cheap, pour another beer

there's no sense sleeping til the sun is here

I must confess there are these times

where I just gotta leave to clear my mind

head on east, down the highway

just a couple of hours make it okay

so many rows of essex county gold

winding roads, so flat it goes

migrant workers out breakin' their backs

I'm drivin' 130 dodgin' them on their bikes

the forest city signals the near end

just a couple more towns along the thames

this is where it all began

in a place that prides it's cow downtown

there's farms and homes and families and dogs

and clocks that tick along with jobs

wonderful things, maybe some day

but to this point they just keep pushing me away

it was nice to get away but I must return

to the rose city and all of its thorns

two separate lives at times exist

and the road in between is what I need

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