And my road it might be rough,
But the better roads are waiting
And boys it ain't far off.
I walked down by the river,
I turned my head up high.
That was hangin' in the sky.
The evenin' dusk was rollin',
I was walking down the track.
There was a one-way wind a-blowin'
And it was blowin' at my back.
The gravel road is bumpy,
It's a hard road to ride,
But there's a clearer road a-waitin'
With the cinders on the side.
That evening train was rollin',
The hummin' of its wheels,
My eyes they saw a better day
As I looked across the fields.
The road it might be rough,
But the good road is a-waitin'
And boys it ain't far off.