Telegraph Road [Alchemy]

[Verse 1]

A long time ago, come a man on a track

Walkin' thirty miles with a sack on his back

And he put down his load where he thought it was the best

Made a home in the wilderness

Built a cabin and a winter store

And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore

The other travellers came walking down the track

They never went further, no, they never went back

[Chorus]

Then came the churches, then came the schools

Then came the lawyers, then came the rules

Then came the trains and the trucks with their load

And the dirty old track was the telegraph road

[Verse 2]

Yeah, and then came the mines, and then came the ore

Then there was the hard times, then there was a war

Telegraph sang a song about the world outside

The telegraph road got so deep and so wide, like a rolling river

[Bridge]

My radio says tonight it's gonna freeze

People drivin' home from the factories

Now you've got six lanes of traffic

Three lanes moving slow

[Verse 3]

Used to like to go to work, but they shut it all down

I got a right to go to work, no work here to be found

Yeah, and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed

We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed

[Chorus]

When all the birds up on the wires and up on the poles

They can always fly away from this rain and this cold

You can hear them singin' out in telegraph code

Down the telegraph road

[Verse 4]

And I'd sooner forget, but I remember those nights

Yeah, life was just a bet on a race between the lights

Yeah, you had your head on my shoulder, had your hand in my hair

Now you act a little colder, like you don't seem care

[Chorus]

But just believe in me, baby, and I'll get you away

I'm gonna get you out of this darkness and into the day

From these rivers of headlights, from these rivers of rain

From the anger that lives on the streets with these names

'Cause I've run every red light on memory lane

I've seen desperation explode into flames

And I don't wanna see it again

From all of these signs just sayin', 'Sorry but we're closed'

All the way

Down the telegraph road