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Artist/Band: The Kinks
Lyrics for Song: The Road
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - The Kinks



Sitting alone on my hotel

Looking in the mirror wondering, "well,

After all this time you never thought you'd still be out on the road?"

Like a gypsy I was born to roam

Like a wanderer with no fixed abode

I think about the friends I've left behind on the road



Well, the road's been rocky along the way

It's been a long, hard haul on the motorway

But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day



(On the road)

The bed and breakfasts and the greasy spoons

(The road)

The loser bars and the noisy rooms

(The road)

The casualties who did too many lines

(The road)

Wasted talent on women and wine



I think of all the friends I've left behind

Whenever it's time to get back out on the road



Started playing blues in a coffee bar

I took a trip down Charing Cross Road

With my imitation Gretsch guitar

And my head full of songs and my eyes full of stars

I saw a band called the Rolling Stones

I thought, "that's it, I'll get a band,

I'm leaving home, I'm out on the road."



The motorways all over this land

(The road)

Far away places like Wigan and Birmingham

(The road)

Didn't have no name, didn't have any fans

(The road)

Didn't have no money so we slept in the van



All those early gigs we ever played

Sometimes we were lucky if we even got paid

On the road

Pete played on the bass guitar

Liked to get around, mixing with all the stars

But Mrs. Avory's child was all fingers and thumbs

But solid as a rock, setting time on the drums

While Dave the Rave hit the rock 'n' roll riffs

Yours truly strummed away with a slightly limp wrist

On the road



Everyday is when I can't get used to it

Everyday is when I can't get away

Another day, another freeway to face

That's the road



Well, life is a road, it's a motorway

And the road gets rocky along the way

But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day



(On the road)

Jimi Hendrix, The Who, the Led Zeppelin and Free

They took the road so it's alright by me

Some are survivors, some are debris

If you play in a band that's the road that you take

Living in it, eating in it, sleeping in it

You wake up in the morning, what do you see?

The road



Life is a road, it's a motorway

Lost a lot of good friends along the way

All the families and homes that I've left behind

To the wives and the lovers and friends who had their time

I say, "you take your road and I'll take mine."

(You take your road and I'll take mine)

You take your road and I'll take mine

(You take your road and I'll take mine)



Life is a road, it's a motorway

And the road gets rocky along the way

But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day



(On the road)

Observed all the various phases from

Flower power, heavy metal and acid rock

And still all the critics keep saying

"Are they still around? When they gonna stop?"

It's just the dedicated followers of fashion who like putting down

All the well respected men who came dancing and are still on the road



Sometime I get suicidal

Now everyone is a rival

Different cars, different bars and hotels

Corporations, big business and egos

When it all gets too bad I think back

When we were all each other had

When we started out on the road



And there's gas in my tank and I've still got a way to go

Another hotel, it's time to check out soon

As I look around the room

I think of all the friends I've left behind

On the road


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - The Kinks


The Kinks
"Other Songs - The Kinks"


1. 7th Channel
2. Act Nice & Gentle
3. Aggravagion
4. All Aboard
5. All Night Stand
6. Americana
7. And I Will Love You
8. Are You Ready Girl?
9. Arrival
10. Art School Babe
11. Artificial Light
12. Away From You
13. Ballad Of Julie Finkle
14. Batman Theme
15. Bernadette
16. Body
17. Bright Lights
18. Charity
19. Chosen People
20. Climb Your Wall
21. Cold Winter
22. Creepin' Jean
23. Dance Of The Azuras
24. Danger Zone
25. Did You See His Name?
26. Do You Wish To Be A Man?
27. Doing The Best For You
28. Don't Ever Let Me Go
29. Don't You Fret
30. Eastern Eyes
31. Easy Comere You Went
32. Elevator Man
33. Emptiness
34. Endless Days
35. Eternity
36. Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy
37. Expectations
38. Feeling
39. Fire Burning
40. Freedom Lies
41. Glamour
42. Good Luck Charm
43. Groovy Movies
44. Hardway
45. Hold My Hand
46. I Believed You
47. I Bet You Won't Stay
48. I Don't Need You Any More
49. I Go To Sleep
50. I Gotta Go Now
51. I Gotta Move
52. I Need You
53. I'll Get Over
54. I'm A Hog For You Baby
55. I'm Crying
56. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
57. I've Got That Feeling
58. I've Got Your Number
59. Imaginations Real
60. In You I Believe
61. Intro
62. Is It Any Wonder
63. Is This The Only Way
64. It (I Want It)
65. It's Alright
66. Kentucky Moon
67. King Kong
68. King Of The Whole Wide World
69. Kochan
70. Ladder Of Success
71. Let Me Be
72. Lincoln County
73. Listen To Me
74. Listen To The Spirit
75. Little Man In A Little Box
76. Lonely Hearts
77. Long Distance
78. Look Through Any Doorway
79. Love Gets You
80. Love In The World
81. Matter Of Decision
82. Mean Disposition
83. Mick Avory's Underpants
84. Mindless Child Of Motherhood
85. Mister Songbird
86. Misty Water
87. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
88. Mountain Woman
89. Move Over
90. Mr Pleasant
91. Mr. Reporter
92. Mr. Shoemaker's Daughter
93. My Diary
94. Mysterious Love
95. Never Met A Girl Like You
96. New World
97. Nobody's Fool
98. Noise
99. Not Far Away
100. Nothin' More To Lose
101. Oh! What A Day It's Gonna Be
102. On The Outside
103. Once A Thief
104. One Energy
105. One Fine Day
106. One Night With You
107. Oobadiooba
108. Opening
109. Perfect Strangers
110. Pictures In The Sand
111. Pretty Polly
112. Prince Of The Punks
113. Quiet Life
114. Return To Waterloo
115. Reveal Yourself
116. Rosemary Rose
117. Run
118. Sand On My Shoes
119. School Days
120. See The Beast
121. She's Got Everything
122. She's My Girl
123. Sitting On My Sofa
124. Slum Kids
125. Soothe Sayer
126. Spiritual Planet
127. Spotty Grotty Anna
127. Such A Shame
127. Take One More Chance
127. Tapas
127. Telepathy
127. Tell Me Now So I'll Know
127. The Million - Pound - Semi - Detached
127. The Poseur
127. The Road
127. The Shirt
127. The World Is Changing Hands
127. There Is No Life Without Love
127. There's A New World Just Opening For Me
127. Things Are Getting Better
127. This I Know
127. This Is Where I Belong
127. This Man He Weeps Tonight
127. This Strange Effect
127. Til Death Do Us Part
127. Till Death Do Us Part
127. Time Will Tell
127. To The Bone
127. Tokyo
127. Too Serious
127. Toymaker
127. True Phenomenon
127. True Story
127. Turning Japanese
127. Unfinished Business
127. Visionary Dreamer
127. Voices
127. Voices In The Dark
127. Wait 'Till The Summer Comes Along
127. When I Turn Off The Living Room Light
127. When The Wind Blows
127. Where Did My Spring Go?
127. Where Do You Come From
127. Who'll Be Next In Line?
127. Wild Man
127. Wild Thing
127. X-Ray
127. You Do Something To Me
127. Yours Sincerely, Confuse N10