Tom T. Hall

Once Upon A Road

Tom T. Hall


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[Verse 1]
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Once upon a road  when I was innocent and free
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And the back roads of America  were like toy land to me
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It surely was the promised land  and we had ourselves a dream
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Oh how the milk and honey flowed  once upon a road

[Verse 2]
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Once upon a road  we could live off of the land
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Watermelons on the vine  chicken cookin' in a pan
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Water clean and water free  you could sleep beneath a tree
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Love and freedom was our code  that was once upon a road

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Once upon a road  really was a crazy time
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We believed we could move mountains  so we moved them in our minds
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Blood and sweat and bitter tears  took the days and took the years
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We have little left to show  for being once upon a road
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Once upon a road  we were young and we were fair
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Changed the face of all America
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But never hung around in the barber chair
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We were fighting for a dream  fought a mighty big machine
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There ain't nothing that we know  for being once upon a road
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We have little left to show  for being once upon a road

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