Open Road

© 2018 J Oscar Bittinger

By nine it’s hotter than a frying pan
Finished packed up the back of the old blue van
She come up running
“Ain’t no work in this spare parts town
Just nuts and bolts in an old can rattlin’ around
Sure to make you crazy”

HALF CHORUS
HEY FRIEND! I want to get away
AH-MEN! If just up the way
AND THEN.. A better day might be waiting
Out on the OPEN ROAD

Left the hometown church at seventeen
Asked forgiveness
For things not done or seen
In case I do ‘em someday….
Sweet green summer
Wind in my hair
The reckless feeling
To leave without a care
Never dread next Monday

FULL CHORUS
HEY FRIEND! I want to get away
AH-MEN! If just up the way
AND THEN… A better day might be waiting…
TAKE FLIGHT! Away from the crowd now
ALRIGHT! Drift like a cloud now
JUST MIGHT… Find a new way of living
Out on the OPEN ROAD

Down blue highways between gray cities
Hand out the window like a wing
Flyin’ round the curves through hills and valleys
We can take the time to see
What time brings
Out on the open road!

FULL CHORUS

1992: Aug| 2004: Mar| 2018: Aug 5