Been on the Road Too Long

Been On The Road Too Long - Noel Paul Stookey

Written by：Noel Paul Stookey

Down in Kansas in sixty-four

I was up in the gym to play

I mean to talk while my head took a walk

So I did it most every day

Anyway ninety-eight hundred pairs of eyes

Were waiting for the clown to fall

I began to remember that dark December

And the handwriting on the wall

Don't you know that I've been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too long

I was a bashful boy

I was an only child except for a friend or two

I found out quick that a clever trick

Could make me more friends than you

You

You

You

I came up fast from the country

I was so eager to please you see

And I found this rock in a popular role most likely child to be

And don't you know that I been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too long

Well I'm 32 now

And my woman had brought me

A child to share

I know the holiday inn she gets under your skin

When you're not supposed to be there

The good Lord gave me some wisdom

He you know I got to put it right

Pack up

Pack up my case walk out of this place

And get off the road tonight

Don't you know that I been on road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too long

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too

Been on the road too long