Thaddeus Dale Johnson - . . . So Many Roads . . .

Click Song Title Below to View Lyrics while Listening to Song A Long Ride ...So Many Roads... Smell the Rose My Song Ain't Over Yet Midnight Symphony Clean Getaway Lost Trail Wayside Blues Lakota Girl Fall into Place

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A Long Ride -   

So Many Roads -   

Don’t forget where you came from

Don’t get lost on your long way home

You’ve seen a lot…You changed your heart

You’ve been down…so many roads…

Don’t forget the things you love so

You hold them close and then let them go

You had a lot…to give away

There’s nothing you…could ever own

…don’t stay gone too long

you’ll always have a place here

home is where the heart belongs

don’t be a stranger…

save me a place a the table

I’ll be home before the sun goes down

Good men get lost…in this old world

I been down…so many roads…

Smell the Rose -  

I never let a dollar

Burn a hole in my pocket

I don’t worry bout tomorrow

I’m a smoke it if you got it…kind of guy

I won’t let it pass me by

I been livin in the moment

You never know how long you got it

I won’t wait around for nothing

Get off your ass if you want it…walk the walk

Well I’m sick of idle talk

I been up and down the mountain

I been lost upon this road

But I won’t waste a single morning

You never know how good you got it…till it goes

Well I’m here to smell the rose

My Song Ain't Over Yet -  

Some days its hard – to do what’s best

When the wheels keep turning – you don’t get nowhere

Yeah times get hard – and there’s none to spare

Wolfs at the door and baby he sleeps there

But I’m no worse for wear…I’ll persevere

Some days it’s cursed – some days it’s blessed

Sometimes it’s both – it’s anyone’s guess

The pages turn – they’ll never end

Everyday I’m gonna start again

My song ain’t over yet…I’ll make amends

When life gets long – and weekdays blend

The seasons change and we change with them

I think of you and the times we spent

I think of time as an endless thread

I’ll see you around the bend…we’ll meet again

Midnight Symphony -  

I bought a drum from a rodeo clown

I put my head to the ground – I could hear a heartbeat

I played along with the cricket’s song

I heard it all around – a midnight symphony

…oh gather round my fire

leave your baggage at the door

well the flames are getting higher

and the moon is bright

oh let my spirit soar…

I woke up late and I could not sleep

For all the wind in the trees – I heard melodies

I sang along with the cottonwoods

I heard it all around – a midnight symphony

The moon was full and the river flowed

I felt it in my soul – the current spoke to me

I flowed along with the river’s song

I heard it all around – a midnight symphony

Clean Getaway -  

I wore out a lot of horses

Left some good things by the road

I didn’t care where I was going

I was just lightening my load

I wore out a lot of welcome

A couple of days too long

I didn’t care where I was sleeping

Turn around and I’d be gone

…I was always passing through

I was never meant to stay

I tried so hard – to my heart be true

But it don’t always work that way

Clean getaway…

I lit out for the horizon

I felt the rambling in my bones

Something out there – just kept a calling

Never would leave me alone

I hope before the sunset passes

I find a place that feels like home

And somewhere still – a dream that’s lasted

One that I can call my own

Lost Trail -   

I followed your scent

There into the trees

And the sun sank down

And darkness fell on me

I laid myself down

Beneath an old tree

And closed my eyes

And started to dream

I followed your trail

Through rivers and fields

Found a strand of your hair

Up in the Black Hills

I seen the path of wildfires

Trees had been stripped bare

And the sunset on the ocean

I could tell you’d been there

I braved the high winds

And many nights of rain

Just to wake and find

Your footprint washed away

I seen a flower growing

In a field of stone

Felt a new day dawn

Knew I was not alone

Wayside Blues -  

I gave her my ring

And she pawned it for booze

I had no cause to complain

Cause I drank some too

She must have left it in the night

She must have stumbled by the moon

Somewhere along the line

I hope she finds her way through

She must have came by the way of the blues

I woke up in the rain

On a dark afternoon

Had no one else to blame

And the sky was just a bruise

I guess times getting hard

Anyplace that you go

Somewhere along the line

Hope I find my way through

Guess I came by the way of the blues